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Captchas
Friendly Captcha
Follow the below steps to connect Formie to Friendly Captcha.
Step 1. Open the Captcha Settings
- Navigate to Formie → Settings → Captchas.
- Select Friendly Captcha in the left-hand sidebar.
- Turn on Enabled.
Step 2. Get your Friendly Captcha Keys
- Go to Friendly Captcha (opens new window) and create an account, or sign in to an existing one.
- In the dashboard, go to Applications and create a new application.
- Copy the Sitekey shown for the application.
- Go to API Keys and create an API key.
- Copy the API key and store it somewhere safe, because Friendly Captcha only shows it once.
Step 3. Connect Formie to Friendly Captcha
- In Formie, choose API Version.
- Select v2 for new setups using a Friendly Captcha sitekey and API key.
- Select v1 (legacy) only if you are already using Friendly Captcha v1 and have an existing site key and secret key.
- Paste the Site Key into the Site Key field.
- For v2, paste your Friendly Captcha API key into the second key field.
- For v1, paste your legacy Friendly Captcha secret key into the second key field.
- Optionally choose a Language and Start Mode.
- Save the captcha settings.
Step 4. Form Setting
- Go to the form you want to protect.
- Enable Friendly Captcha for that form.
- For multi-page forms, turn on Show on All Pages if the captcha should run on every page instead of only the final submit step.
- Save the form.
Friendly Captcha relies on Formie's front-end output, so test it on the rendered form after saving your settings.
Last updated: June 2, 2026, 3:49:10 PM