Micronaut
TrustCaptcha – Bot protection

Micronaut CAPTCHA Integration

Wire TrustCaptcha into a Micronaut controller in just a few lines of Java. Stop bot-driven spam on logins, signups and contact forms — with compile-time DI, low memory footprint and Bean Validation. EU-hosted, GDPR-ready, no image 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 and licence key, and you can also create your API 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. Add the CAPTCHA widget to your form

Drop the TrustCaptcha widget into the HTML form your Micronaut controller serves. The widget runs the CAPTCHA in the background and adds a hidden tc-verification-token field on submit, which Micronaut then exposes to your @Post method.

contact.html
HTML
<script type="module" src="https://cdn.trustcomponent.com/trustcaptcha/3.0.x/trustcaptcha.esm.min.js"></script>

<form method="post" action="/contact">
    <input type="email" name="email" required>
    <trustcaptcha-component sitekey="<your_site_key>"></trustcaptcha-component>
    <button type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

The CAPTCHA widget will then be displayed inside your form:

CAPTCHA done

Need detailed information about the CAPTCHA widget integration?
For the full widget reference — including themes, languages, custom design and more — please read our documentation.

Read the documentation

3. Validate the token in your Micronaut controller

In your Micronaut controller, take the verification token from the form, look up the result via our Java library, and decide whether to accept the request.

First, install our TrustCaptcha Java library:

build.gradle
Groovy
dependencies {
    implementation 'com.trustcomponent:trustcaptcha:3.0.0'
}

Then validate the token inside your Micronaut controller and act on the result:

ContactController.java
Java
@Controller("/contact")
public class ContactController {

  @Post
  @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED)
  public HttpResponse<String> submit(@Body Map<String, String> form) {
    String token = form.getOrDefault("tc-verification-token", "");

    VerificationResult result;
    try {
      result = TrustCaptcha.getVerificationResult("<your_api_key>", token);
    } catch (CaptchaFailureException e) {
      return HttpResponse.badRequest("CAPTCHA verification failed.");
    }

    if (!result.isVerificationPassed() || result.getScore() > 0.5) {
      return HttpResponse.badRequest("CAPTCHA verification failed.");
    }

    // CAPTCHA passed — process the request
    return HttpResponse.ok("Thanks!");
  }
}

Need detailed information about the Micronaut CAPTCHA integration?
For full step-by-step instructions — including a Bean Validation refactor for projects with several protected endpoints — please read our documentation.

Read the documentation

Other backend framework instead of Micronaut?
If you use a different framework, pick the matching recipe here. If your framework isn’t listed, your software developers can integrate the verification themselves using our documentation or ask our support team for a pre-built integration.

Actix Web
ASP.NET Core
Axum
Django
Echo
Express
FastAPI
Fastify
Fiber
Flask
Gin
Hapi
Laravel
Micronaut
NestJS
Next.js
Quarkus
Ruby on Rails
Sinatra
Spring Boot
Symfony

4. Congratulations 🎉

You are now protected by TrustCaptcha - congratulations!

CAPTCHA done

FAQs

Where in a Micronaut controller does the CAPTCHA verification go?
Inside the @Post-annotated method that receives the form submission, before you persist data or send any email. The CAPTCHA token comes in as a regular form parameter (default name: "tc-verification-token") — read it from the @Body Map or via a typed DTO.
Can I use Bean Validation (@Valid) to run the CAPTCHA check?
Yes. Add the micronaut-validation dependency, build a custom annotation (e.g. @TrustCaptchaToken) backed by a @Singleton ConstraintValidator, and put it on a DTO field. Marking the @Body parameter with @Valid then runs the verification automatically — Micronaut maps a violation to a 400 Bad Request.
Where should I put the CAPTCHA API key in a Micronaut app?
In application.yml under a key like trustcaptcha.api-key, and inject it with @Value("${trustcaptcha.api-key}"). For production, fill it from an environment variable so the key never lands in your repo.
Does TrustCaptcha work with reactive Micronaut endpoints?
Yes. The Java SDK is blocking, so in a method that returns Mono or Flux, wrap the call in Mono.fromCallable(...).subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic()) so the event loop stays free.
Do I need any extra annotation processor for Micronaut + Bean Validation?
Yes — micronaut-validation is wired at compile time, so the micronaut-validation-processor must be on your annotationProcessor configuration. Otherwise the @TrustCaptchaToken constraint silently doesn't run.
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 Micronaut application with TrustCaptcha in just a few steps!

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