How do I add Honey pot fields to my forms?

Question

I\'ve been reading about adding Honey pot fields to my forms for combating bots/spam. Only problem is theirs no guides or anything on where to start. Many sites say to make

Answer 1

Try invisible_captcha (supports Rails 3, 4 and 5).

It works pretty well for small and medium (in terms of traffic) sites, with a simple and flexible approach. It also provides time-sensitive submissions.

Basic usage

In your form:

<%= form_for(@topic) %>
  <%= invisible_captcha %>
  ...
<% end %>

In your controller:

class TopicsController < ApplicationController
  invisible_captcha only: [:create, :update]
  ...
end