Commit: Contact Honeypot

Controllers/ContactController.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using clivelancaster.Models;
 using MailKit.Net.Smtp;
 using MimeKit;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace clivelancaster.Controllers
 {
@@ -31,11 +32,18 @@ namespace clivelancaster.Controllers
 
                 var bodyBuilder = new BodyBuilder
                 {
-                    TextBody = $"Name: {model.Name}\nEmail: {model.Email}\n\nSubject: {model.Subject}\n\nMessage:\n{model.Message}"
+                    TextBody = $"Name: {model.NameIncognito}\nEmail: {model.Email}\n\nSubject: {model.SubjectIncognito}\n\nMessage:\n{model.MessageIncognito}"
                 };
 
                 message.Body = bodyBuilder.ToMessageBody();
 
+                // Honeypot Check
+                if (model.Name != null | model.Subject != null | model.Message != null)
+                {
+                    ViewBag.Message = "Message sent successfully!";
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     try
                     {
                         using (var client = new SmtpClient())
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ namespace clivelancaster.Controllers
                     {
                         ViewBag.Message = "Error sending message.";
                     }
+                }
 
                 return View();
             }

Models/ContactFormModel.cs

@@ -4,21 +4,27 @@ namespace clivelancaster.Models
 {
     public class ContactFormModel
     {
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Your Name")]
-        public required string Name { get; set; }
+        public string? Name { get; set; }
 
         [Required]
         [EmailAddress]
         [Display(Name = "Your Email")]
         public required string Email { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Subject")]
-        public required string Subject { get; set; }
+        public string? Subject { get; set; }
 
-        [Required]
         [Display(Name = "Message")]
-        public required string Message { get; set; }
+        public string? Message { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Your Name")]
+        public string? NameIncognito { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Subject")]
+        public string? SubjectIncognito { get; set; }
+
+        [Display(Name = "Message")]
+        public string? MessageIncognito { get; set; }
     }
 }

Views/Contact/Index.cshtml

@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
             <form asp-action="Index" method="post">
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Name"></label>
-                    <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control" />
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Name" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="Name" class="incognito-field"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="Name" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
+                    <label asp-for="NameIncognito"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="NameIncognito" class="form-control" />
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
                     <label asp-for="Email"></label>
@@ -29,14 +30,16 @@
                     <span asp-validation-for="Email" class="text-danger"></span>
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Subject"></label>
-                    <input asp-for="Subject" class="form-control" />
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Subject" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="Subject" class="incognito-field"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="Subject" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1" />
+                    <label asp-for="SubjectIncognito"></label>
+                    <input asp-for="SubjectIncognito" class="form-control" />
                 </div>
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label asp-for="Message"></label>
-                    <textarea asp-for="Message" class="form-control"></textarea>
-                    <span asp-validation-for="Message" class="text-danger"></span>
+                    <label asp-for="Message" class="incognito-field"></label>
+                    <textarea asp-for="Message" class="form-control incognito-field" autocomplete="off" tabindex="-1"></textarea>
+                    <label asp-for="MessageIncognito"></label>
+                    <textarea asp-for="MessageIncognito" class="form-control"></textarea>
                 </div>
                 <div class="p-2"></div>
                 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send Message</button>

wwwroot/css/site.css

@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
     border-color: #0473b3;
 }
 
+.incognito-field {
+    opacity: 0;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    height: 0;
+    width: 0;
+    z-index: -1;
+}
+
 @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
     : root {
         --current-background: var(--dark-background);