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stage: Manage
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group: Authentication and Authorization
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# REST API spam protection and CAPTCHA support
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If the model can be modified via the REST API, you must also add support to all of the
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relevant API endpoints which may modify spammable or spam-related attributes. This
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definitely includes the `POST` and `PUT` mutations, but may also include others, such as those
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related to changing a model's confidential/public flag.
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## Add support to the REST endpoints
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The main steps are:
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1. Add `helpers SpammableActions::CaptchaCheck::RestApiActionsSupport` in your `resource`.
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1. Create a `spam_params` instance based on the request.
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1. Pass `spam_params` to the relevant Service class constructor.
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1. After you create or update the `Spammable` model instance, call `#check_spam_action_response!`,
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save the created or updated instance in a variable.
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1. Identify the error handling logic for the `failure` case of the request,
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when create or update was not successful. These indicate possible spam detection,
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which adds an error to the `Spammable` instance.
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The error is usually similar to `render_api_error!` or `render_validation_error!`.
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1. Wrap the existing error handling logic in a
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`with_captcha_check_rest_api(spammable: my_spammable_instance)` call, passing the `Spammable`
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model instance you saved in a variable as the `spammable:` named argument. This call will:
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1. Perform the necessary spam checks on the model.
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1. If spam is detected:
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- Raise a Grape `#error!` exception with a descriptive spam-specific error message.
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- Include the relevant information added as error fields to the response.
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For more details on these fields, refer to the section in the REST API documentation on
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[Resolve requests detected as spam](../../api/index.md#resolve-requests-detected-as-spam).
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NOTE:
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If you use the standard ApolloLink or Axios interceptor CAPTCHA support described
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above, you can ignore the field details, because they are handled
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automatically. They become relevant if you attempt to use the GraphQL API directly to
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process a failed check for potential spam, and resubmit the request with a solved
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CAPTCHA response.
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Here is an example for the `post` and `put` actions on the `snippets` resource:
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```ruby
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module API
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class Snippets < ::API::Base
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#...
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resource :snippets do
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# This helper provides `#with_captcha_check_rest_api`
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helpers SpammableActions::CaptchaCheck::RestApiActionsSupport
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post do
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#...
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spam_params = ::Spam::SpamParams.new_from_request(request: request)
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service_response = ::Snippets::CreateService.new(project: nil, current_user: current_user, params: attrs, spam_params: spam_params).execute
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snippet = service_response.payload[:snippet]
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if service_response.success?
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present snippet, with: Entities::PersonalSnippet, current_user: current_user
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else
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# Wrap the normal error response in a `with_captcha_check_rest_api(spammable: snippet)` block
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with_captcha_check_rest_api(spammable: snippet) do
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# If possible spam was detected, an exception would have been thrown by
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# `#with_captcha_check_rest_api` for Grape to handle via `error!`
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render_api_error!({ error: service_response.message }, service_response.http_status)
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end
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end
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end
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put ':id' do
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#...
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spam_params = ::Spam::SpamParams.new_from_request(request: request)
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service_response = ::Snippets::UpdateService.new(project: nil, current_user: current_user, params: attrs, spam_params: spam_params).execute(snippet)
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snippet = service_response.payload[:snippet]
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if service_response.success?
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present snippet, with: Entities::PersonalSnippet, current_user: current_user
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else
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# Wrap the normal error response in a `with_captcha_check_rest_api(spammable: snippet)` block
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with_captcha_check_rest_api(spammable: snippet) do
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# If possible spam was detected, an exception would have been thrown by
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# `#with_captcha_check_rest_api` for Grape to handle via `error!`
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render_api_error!({ error: service_response.message }, service_response.http_status)
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end
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end
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end
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```
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