svg captcha

generate svg captcha in node.js

useful if you

• cannot or do not want to use google recaptcha
• have issue with install c++ addon

usage

var svgCaptcha = require('svg-captcha');
// generate random text of length 4
var text = svgCaptcha.randomText();
// generate svg image
var captcha = svgCaptcha(text);

with express

var svgCaptcha = require('svg-captcha');

app.get('/captcha', function (req, res) {
    var text = svgCaptcha.randomText();
    var captcha = svgCaptcha(text);
    req.session.captcha = text;

    res.set('Content-Type', 'image/svg+xml');
    res.status(200).send(captcha);
});

sample image

why use svg?

It does not require any c++ addon.
The result image is smaller than jpeg image.

This has to be a joke. /\<text.+>;.+\<\/text>/g.test...

svg captcha uses opentype.js underneath, which means that there is no '<text>1234</text>'.
You get '<path fill="#444" d="M104.83 19.74L107.85 19.74L112 33.56L116.13 19.74L119.15 19.74L113.48 36.85...'
instead.

Even though you can write a program that convert svg to png, svg captcha has done its job
—— make captcha recognition harder

Translations

中文

License

MIT