monkeytype/backend/handlers/captcha.js

const fetch = require("node-fetch");
const path = require("path");
const { config } = require("dotenv");
config({ path: path.join(__dirname, ".env") });

module.exports = {
  async verify(captcha) {
    if (process.env.MODE === "dev") return true;
    let response = await fetch(
      `https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify`,
      {
        method: "POST",
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
        body: `secret=${process.env.RECAPTCHA_SECRET}&response=${captcha}`,
      }
    );
    response = await response.json();
    return response?.success;
  },
};