From 05435c02e619bbd41fe75eaa969be4efced01296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Barnsley <8069294+alexbarnsley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:22:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: remove recaptcha

---
 composer.json                                 |  1 -
 composer.lock                                 | 55 +------------------
 .../Http/Middlewares/VerifyRecaptcha.php      | 38 -------------
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 93 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 src/UserInterface/Http/Middlewares/VerifyRecaptcha.php

diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bda611c79..b14d5dce1 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         "elgigi/commonmark-emoji": "^2.0",
         "fakerphp/faker": "^1.23",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.86",
-        "google/recaptcha": "^1.3",
         "graham-campbell/analyzer": "^5.0",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.7",
         "jamesmills/laravel-timezone": "dev-master",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 764cf870f..62ae74079 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "13400862c85d3aaa5df263e88b914824",
+    "content-hash": "4ce082e86d38b69fa7f8962ea06cf32f",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "bacon/bacon-qr-code",
@@ -1707,59 +1707,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2025-12-03T09:33:47+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "google/recaptcha",
-            "version": "1.5",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha.git",
-                "reference": "c57f0b96babc8c9fb64cb555cd7b2c5aadfbe58d"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/google/recaptcha/zipball/c57f0b96babc8c9fb64cb555cd7b2c5aadfbe58d",
-                "reference": "c57f0b96babc8c9fb64cb555cd7b2c5aadfbe58d",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": ">=8.4"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.95",
-                "php-coveralls/php-coveralls": "^2.9.1",
-                "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1.51",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^13.1"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "extra": {
-                "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-main": "1.4.x-dev"
-                }
-            },
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "ReCaptcha\\": "src/ReCaptcha"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "BSD-3-Clause"
-            ],
-            "description": "Client library for reCAPTCHA, a free service that protects websites from spam and abuse.",
-            "homepage": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/",
-            "keywords": [
-                "Abuse",
-                "captcha",
-                "recaptcha",
-                "spam"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "forum": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/recaptcha",
-                "issues": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha"
-            },
-            "time": "2026-04-27T09:26:38+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "graham-campbell/analyzer",
             "version": "v5.1.0",
diff --git a/src/UserInterface/Http/Middlewares/VerifyRecaptcha.php b/src/UserInterface/Http/Middlewares/VerifyRecaptcha.php
deleted file mode 100644
index be828ce86..000000000
--- a/src/UserInterface/Http/Middlewares/VerifyRecaptcha.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace ARKEcosystem\Foundation\UserInterface\Http\Middlewares;
-
-use Closure;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha;
-
-class VerifyRecaptcha
-{
-    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
-    {
-        if (! $request->get('g-recaptcha-response')) {
-            return $this->handleError($request);
-        }
-
-        $recaptcha = new ReCaptcha(config('services.recaptcha.secret'));
-
-        if (! $recaptcha->verify($request->get('g-recaptcha-response'), $request->ip())->isSuccess()) {
-            return $this->handleError($request);
-        }
-
-        return $next($request);
-    }
-
-    private function handleError($request)
-    {
-        if ($request->wantsJson()) {
-            abort(400);
-        }
-
-        flash()->error('We need to know that you are not a robot.');
-
-        return back()->withInput();
-    }
-}