Kotlin
TrustCaptcha – Bot protection

Kotlin CAPTCHA Integration

Protect your Kotlin app with TrustCaptcha: verify CAPTCHA results in minutes and shield APIs and contact forms from spam. You receive a verification status and bot score to allow, block, or review requests. Privacy-first with EU hosting, GDPR compliance, and no annoying puzzles.

Quickstart

How the integration works

1. Create a CAPTCHA

Create a user account or log in with an existing one. Then create a new CAPTCHA or select an existing one. If you’re unsure whether TrustCaptcha is right for you, try our CAPTCHA service risk-free for 14 days at no cost.

On the CAPTCHA overview page, you will find all the important information, such as the site key, secret key and licence key. Allow your websites to access your CAPTCHA by simply adding them to the access authorised domain list in the CAPTCHA security rules.

Start of the CAPTCHA creation form.
CAPTCHA security rules of a demo CAPTCHA.

2. Integrate the CAPTCHA widget into your frontend

Integrate the CAPTCHA widget into your website or app. For precise, detailed instructions, please read the CAPTCHA widget guide in our documentation.

Read the documentation

The CAPTCHA widget will then be displayed on your website or app:

CAPTCHA done

Prebuild frontend integrations
You can use one of our pre-built frontend integrations to integrate the CAPTCHA widget into your website or application. If there is no pre-built integration from us for your preferred frontend technology, your software developers can integrate the CAPTCHA themselves using using our documentation or ask our support-team for a pre-built integration solution.

Android
Angular
Craft CMS
Flutter
iOS
JavaScript
Joomla
Keycloak
Magento 2
React
React Native
TYPO3
Vue
Webflow
WordPress

3. Validate the CAPTCHA result in your backend

The following steps give you an idea of how to retrieve the CAPTCHA verification result from our server in a Kotlin backend and determine how to proceed based on this result. For precise, detailed instructions, please read the CAPTCHA integration guide for Kotlin in our documentation.

Read the documentation

First, install our TrustCaptcha Kotlin dependency:

Maven Central
XML
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.trustcomponent</groupId>
  <artifactId>trustcaptcha</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Retrieve the verification result from our server using the verification token and the secret key of your CAPTCHA:

Fetch Result
Kotlin
// Retrieving the verification result
val verificationResult = try {
  CaptchaManager.getVerificationResult("<your_secret_key>", "<verification_token_from_your_client>")
} catch (e: CaptchaFailureException) {
  // Fetch verification result failed - handle error
}

Based on the verification results and your individual needs, decide how you would like to proceed:

Handle Result
Kotlin
// Act on the verification result
if (!verificationResult.verificationPassed || verificationResult.score > 0.5) {
  logger.warn("Verification failed or bot score > 0.5 – possible automated request.")
}

Need detailed information about the Kotlin CAPTCHA integration?
For detailed instructions on integrating TrustCaptcha, please refer to our Kotlin CAPTCHA integration guide. A complete integration example for the Kotlin CAPTCHA can be found in our CAPTCHA Samples Repository on Github.

Other backend technology instead of Kotlin?
If you do not want to use Kotlin on your server or have several different backends, you can select a different integration here. If there is no pre-built integration from us for your preferred backend technology, your software developers can integrate the CAPTCHA verification process themselves using our documentation or ask our support-team for a pre-built integration.

.Net
Go
Groovy
Java
Kotlin
Nodejs
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Spring

4. Congratulations 🎉

You are now protected by TrustCaptcha - congratulations!

CAPTCHA done

FAQs

What is a Kotlin CAPTCHA?
A Kotlin CAPTCHA is a human-verification challenge you embed in Kotlin-based websites, APIs or mobile back-ends to keep out automated scripts and fraud. TrustCaptcha provides a JVM-native library and a self-running widget that issues a cryptographically signed token your Kotlin server can verify in one line of code. Because the SDK is JVM-native, it integrates seamlessly with Spring Boot, Ktor, Micronaut and other Kotlin stacks.
What is the best Kotlin CAPTCHA?
The best Kotlin CAPTCHA balances security, privacy and user experience, and TrustCaptcha stands out because it layers proof-of-work, an AI-driven bot-score and customizable rules rather than relying solely on proof-of-work. This multi-layered model detects 99.9 % of bots and makes automated attacks up to 30 Ă— slower than single-layer puzzles. For European teams, its EU hosting, GDPR compliance and Kotlin-first SDK make it a future-proof choice.
How does a Kotlin CAPTCHA work?
On the client, TrustCaptcha starts automatically, solves a tiny proof-of-work puzzle whose difficulty grows with suspicious behaviour and collects lightweight device signals. These signals feed an AI that returns a bot-likelihood score, which is encrypted into the token sent to your Kotlin backend. Your server verifies the token with CaptchaManager.verify in under 100 ms and acts on the result or score threshold.
Do I need a Kotlin CAPTCHA?
If your Kotlin service exposes public forms, search boxes, login or business-critical APIs, a CAPTCHA remains the simplest first line of defence against spam, credential-stuffing and carding bots. Because TrustCaptcha runs invisibly and adds virtually no friction, you avoid the conversion losses typical of puzzle-based CAPTCHAs. Its GDPR-ready hosting also lowers legal risk for European businesses compared with US-hosted alternatives. Unlike heavy interactive CAPTCHAs, TrustCaptcha’s invisible approach still lets your FAQ pages win rich-snippet spots because it follows Google’s FAQPage schema guidelines.
Is TrustCaptcha GDPR compliant?
Yes—TrustCaptcha processes all data inside ISO 27001-certified EU data centres and never sets cookies on the client. You can conclude a Data Processing Agreement online and even enable Minimal Data Mode for highly sensitive projects. These measures help you avoid hefty GDPR fines often associated with US-based CAPTCHA providers.
Can I fully customize TrustCaptcha's appearance?
The widget supports more than 35 languages, light, dark and auto themes, custom colours, corner-radius tweaks and full whitelabel mode. You can hide branding, run the challenge invisibly, or show a subtle status badge that meets WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards. Such flexibility keeps your brand consistent while boosting user trust and engagement.
Will TrustCaptcha slow down my Kotlin application?
No—its script is under 30 KB compressed and starts solving immediately, so legitimate users see no noticeable delay. Pages load up to 3 × faster and complete 7 × quicker than image-based CAPTCHAs because there are no puzzle assets to download or manual clicks to perform. Backend verification is asynchronous and typically finishes in less than 100 ms, keeping API throughput high even at scale.
Losing leads to CAPTCHAs?

TrustCaptcha blocks spam and bots, not customers. No puzzles, GDPR-ready, EU-hosted.

CAPTCHA start
CAPTCHA done
Puzzle-free UX
Runs in the background while visitors type — so more people finish your forms and fewer drop off.
GDPR-ready
EU-hosted and privacy-first: no cookies, encrypted transmission, automatic cleanup — with ready-to-use legal resources.
Multi-layer Security
Adaptive protection plus intelligent risk scoring stops abuse early — even when attack traffic spikes.
Full Control
Fine-tune sensitivity, set allow/block lists, and use geoblocking — you decide how strict verification should be.

Protect your Kotlin application with TrustCaptcha in just a few steps!

  • EU-hosted & GDPR-ready
  • No puzzles
  • Try free for 14 days