Automatic validation of the field without having to override "def clean" or using "MosparoForm"

[matthiask]

Would you be interested in changing the default behavior and making the CaptchaField itself handle the validation of the submitted data?

I'm happy to contribute this but of course it would be a backwards incompatible change.

Here's how django-recaptcha handles this:
https://github.com/django-recaptcha/django-recaptcha/blob/060ea47b6735f5d1f75d010a6c5b3f5aff5d13c2/django_recaptcha/fields.py#L78

Here's the documentation on def validate:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/forms/validation/#form-field-default-cleaning

[matthiask]

Ah sorry, only now do I understand the problem. I'm sure there's a solution though, maybe using the new facility to override the BoundField class.

I really wish this was a little bit more ergonomic/automatic.

[zepich]

Hi @matthiask

Thank you very much for your feedback.

I understand your wish and fully agree with and support it. The approach we have in the integration right now is the best I found (without investing weeks in development). Before developing the integration, I had zero knowledge about Django, so yes, I guess there is a better way to implement mosparo. The main goal was to provide an integration. Since I did not know anything about Django before developing the integration, it was clear to me (or at least I hoped) that one day an expert like you would come by and suggest optimizations or better approaches for the integration.

In general, I looked at other integrations (like the reCAPTCHA one) for inspiration. Still, the verification process in mosparo is more complex than in other tools, so I needed a unique approach compared to other integrations.

If you have a better solution to make using the integration easier, I'm open to it. If we have breaking changes, the only requirement I have is that we release it as a major version (2.0) so we clearly show that it contains breaking changes. But other than that, we can adjust the integration as you (or others) want.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you. If you need any help or have any questions, please let me know!

Have a nice evening!

Kind regards,
zepich