Akismet Management for Umbraco 8

Adds Akismet dashboard to Umbraco backoffice.

Note: This package for Umbraco 8 only. Check here for Umbraco 9

Installation

Install via NuGet:

Install-Package Akismet.Umbraco8

Post-Installation

After package installation, log into the backoffice and navigate to Users, Groups, Administrators and be sure to add Akismet.

Usage

Once installed, the AkismetService service becomes available for checking comments. It is up to the developer to wire up to the contact forms but here is an abbreviated example:

using Akismet.NET;
using Akismet.Umbraco;

public class ContactFormController : SurfaceController
{
    private readonly AkismetService AkismetService;
    
    public ContactFormController(AkismetService akismetService)
    {
        AkismetService = akismetService;
    }

    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public ActionResult SubmitForm(ContactModel model)
    {
        // check validation
        // eg - required fields, captcha, etc
        
        string ip = Request.Headers["CF-Connecting-IP"] ?? Request.UserHostAddress;
        if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ip))
            ip = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_HOST"];

        // see https://github.com/ahwm/Akismet.Net for all available options
        AkismetComment comment = new AkismetComment
        {
            CommentAuthor = model.Name,
            CommentAuthorEmail = model.EmailAddress,
            Referrer = Request.UrlReferrer.ToString(),
            UserAgent = Request.UserAgent,
            UserIp = ip,
            CommentContent = model.Message,
            CommentType = AkismentCommentType.ContactForm,
            Permalink = CurrentPage.Url(mode: UrlMode.Absolute)
        };
        
        // Specify true on CheckComment() to not include "Unspecified" as valid comments
        bool isValid = AkismetService.CheckComment(comment, true);
        if (!isValid)
        {
            return CurrentUmbracoPage();
        }
        
        // continue processing
    }
}