captcha.go (view raw)
1// Package captcha implements generation and verification of image and audio
2// CAPTCHAs.
3//
4// A captcha solution is the sequence of digits 0-9 with the defined length.
5// There are two captcha representations: image and audio.
6//
7// An image representation is a PNG-encoded image with the solution printed on
8// it in such a way that makes it hard for computers to solve it using OCR.
9//
10// An audio representation is a WAVE-encoded (8 kHz unsigned 8-bit) sound
11// with the spoken solution (currently in English). To make it hard for
12// computers to solve audio captcha, the voice that pronounces numbers has
13// random speed and pitch, and there is a randomly generated background noise
14// mixed into the sound.
15//
16// This package doesn't require external files or libraries to generate captcha
17// representations; it is self-contained.
18//
19// To make captchas one-time, the package includes a memory storage that stores
20// captcha ids, their solutions, and expiration time. Used captchas are removed
21// from the store immediately after calling Verify or VerifyString, while
22// unused captchas (user loaded a page with captcha, but didn't submit the
23// form) are collected automatically after the predefined expiration time.
24// Developers can also provide custom store (for example, which saves captcha
25// ids and solutions in database) by implementing Store interface and
26// registering the object with SetCustomStore.
27//
28// Captchas are created by calling New, which returns the captcha id. Their
29// representations, though, are created on-the-fly by calling WriteImage or
30// WriteAudio functions. Created representations are not stored anywhere, so
31// subsequent calls to these functions with the same id will write the same
32// captcha solution, but with a different random representation. Reload
33// function will create a new different solution for the provided captcha,
34// allowing users to "reload" captcha if they can't solve the displayed one
35// without reloading the whole page. Verify and VerifyString are used to
36// verify that the given solution is the right one for the given captcha id.
37//
38// Server provides an http.Handler which can serve image and audio
39// representations of captchas automatically from the URL. It can also be used
40// to reload captchas. Refer to Server function documentation for details, or
41// take a look at the example in "example" subdirectory.
42package captcha
43
44import (
45 "bytes"
46 "crypto/rand"
47 "github.com/dchest/uniuri"
48 "http"
49 "io"
50 "os"
51 "path"
52 "strconv"
53)
54
55const (
56 // Standard number of digits in captcha.
57 StdLength = 6
58 // The number of captchas created that triggers garbage collection used
59 // by default store.
60 CollectNum = 100
61 // Expiration time of captchas used by default store.
62 Expiration = 10 * 60 // 10 minutes
63
64)
65
66var ErrNotFound = os.NewError("captcha with the given id not found")
67
68// globalStore is a shared storage for captchas, generated by New function.
69var globalStore = NewMemoryStore(CollectNum, Expiration)
70
71// SetCustomStore sets custom storage for captchas, replacing the default
72// memory store. This function must be called before generating any captchas.
73func SetCustomStore(s Store) {
74 globalStore = s
75}
76
77// RandomDigits returns a byte slice of the given length containing random
78// digits in range 0-9.
79func RandomDigits(length int) []byte {
80 d := make([]byte, length)
81 if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, d); err != nil {
82 panic("error reading random source: " + err.String())
83 }
84 for i := range d {
85 d[i] %= 10
86 }
87 return d
88}
89
90// New creates a new captcha of the given length, saves it in the internal
91// storage, and returns its id.
92func New(length int) (id string) {
93 id = uniuri.New()
94 globalStore.Set(id, RandomDigits(length))
95 return
96}
97
98// Reload generates and remembers new digits for the given captcha id. This
99// function returns false if there is no captcha with the given id.
100//
101// After calling this function, the image or audio presented to a user must be
102// refreshed to show the new captcha representation (WriteImage and WriteAudio
103// will write the new one).
104func Reload(id string) bool {
105 old := globalStore.Get(id, false)
106 if old == nil {
107 return false
108 }
109 globalStore.Set(id, RandomDigits(len(old)))
110 return true
111}
112
113// WriteImage writes PNG-encoded image representation of the captcha with the
114// given id. The image will have the given width and height.
115func WriteImage(w io.Writer, id string, width, height int) os.Error {
116 d := globalStore.Get(id, false)
117 if d == nil {
118 return ErrNotFound
119 }
120 _, err := NewImage(d, width, height).WriteTo(w)
121 return err
122}
123
124// WriteAudio writes WAV-encoded audio representation of the captcha with the
125// given id.
126func WriteAudio(w io.Writer, id string) os.Error {
127 d := globalStore.Get(id, false)
128 if d == nil {
129 return ErrNotFound
130 }
131 _, err := NewAudio(d).WriteTo(w)
132 return err
133}
134
135// Verify returns true if the given digits are the ones that were used to
136// create the given captcha id.
137//
138// The function deletes the captcha with the given id from the internal
139// storage, so that the same captcha can't be verified anymore.
140func Verify(id string, digits []byte) bool {
141 if digits == nil || len(digits) == 0 {
142 return false
143 }
144 reald := globalStore.Get(id, true)
145 if reald == nil {
146 return false
147 }
148 return bytes.Equal(digits, reald)
149}
150
151// VerifyString is like Verify, but accepts a string of digits. It removes
152// spaces and commas from the string, but any other characters, apart from
153// digits and listed above, will cause the function to return false.
154func VerifyString(id string, digits string) bool {
155 if digits == "" {
156 return false
157 }
158 ns := make([]byte, len(digits))
159 for i := range ns {
160 d := digits[i]
161 switch {
162 case '0' <= d && d <= '9':
163 ns[i] = d - '0'
164 case d == ' ' || d == ',':
165 // ignore
166 default:
167 return false
168 }
169 }
170 return Verify(id, ns)
171}
172
173// Collect deletes expired or used captchas from the internal storage. It is
174// called automatically by New function every CollectNum generated captchas,
175// but still exported to enable freeing memory manually if needed.
176//
177// Collection is launched in a new goroutine.
178func Collect() {
179 go globalStore.Collect()
180}
181
182type captchaHandler struct {
183 imgWidth int
184 imgHeight int
185}
186
187// Server returns a handler that serves HTTP requests with image or
188// audio representations of captchas. Image dimensions are accepted as
189// arguments. The server decides which captcha to serve based on the last URL
190// path component: file name part must contain a captcha id, file extension —
191// its format (PNG or WAV).
192//
193// For example, for file name "B9QTvDV1RXbVJ3Ac.png" it serves an image captcha
194// with id "B9QTvDV1RXbVJ3Ac", and for "B9QTvDV1RXbVJ3Ac.wav" it serves the
195// same captcha in audio format.
196//
197// To serve an audio captcha as downloadable file, append "?get" to URL.
198//
199// To reload captcha (get a different solution for the same captcha id), append
200// "?reload=x" to URL, where x may be anything (for example, current time or a
201// random number to make browsers refetch an image instead of loading it from
202// cache).
203func Server(w, h int) http.Handler { return &captchaHandler{w, h} }
204
205func (h *captchaHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
206 _, file := path.Split(r.URL.Path)
207 ext := path.Ext(file)
208 id := file[:len(file)-len(ext)]
209 if ext == "" || id == "" {
210 http.NotFound(w, r)
211 return
212 }
213 var err os.Error
214 if r.FormValue("reload") != "" {
215 Reload(id)
216 }
217 switch ext {
218 case ".png", ".PNG":
219 w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/png")
220 err = WriteImage(w, id, h.imgWidth, h.imgHeight)
221 case ".wav", ".WAV":
222 if r.URL.RawQuery == "get" {
223 w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream")
224 } else {
225 w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "audio/x-wav")
226 }
227 //err = WriteAudio(w, id)
228 //XXX(dchest) Workaround for Chrome: it wants content-length,
229 //or else will start playing NOT from the beginning.
230 //File issue: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80565
231 d := globalStore.Get(id, false)
232 if d == nil {
233 err = ErrNotFound
234 } else {
235 a := NewAudio(d)
236 w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(a.EncodedLen()))
237 _, err = a.WriteTo(w)
238 }
239 default:
240 err = ErrNotFound
241 }
242 if err != nil {
243 if err == ErrNotFound {
244 http.NotFound(w, r)
245 return
246 }
247 http.Error(w, "error serving captcha", http.StatusInternalServerError)
248 }
249}