How to implement a simple captcha in Rails using gem ‘simple_captcha’

Here it is, a simple captcha for Rails applications.

To set up, add the following line to your Gemfile

gem "galetahub-simple_captcha", :require => "simple_captcha"

Run rails generator

rails generate simple_captcha

Do db Migration

rake db:migrate -t

In your view file add

%= show_simple_captcha %

Add the following in yml file
en.yml:

en:
  simple_captcha:
    label: "Enter the above code"
    placeholder: "Enter here"

In controller just include captcha helpers module

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  include SimpleCaptcha::ControllerHelpers
end

Use this code in the controller for the captcha validation

if simple_captcha_valid?
  do this
else
  do that
end