Honeypot – Add an Extra Layer of Spam Protection to Forms

[Anton]

Hi Community,

Here's a workflow example that I've "developed" a while ago:

The honeypot

What is it?

Technically speaking a honeypot is a extra layer of spam prevention. 

How does it work?

Adding a hidden field to the form you'd like to protect against spam/bots. If the field is empty on form submission it means that the sender was a human since he/she did not see this field. If it's not empty it's a bot. Super simple

Requirements:

A new text property called honeypot (you can call it how you want) and add it to your desired/all form(s) as a hidden field.

Workflow build/logic:

Check if this field is unknown. If it's unknown proceed to the next action/workflow. If it's known -> do nothing. 

Screenshot of the workflow:

Tipp: You could create a list like "bots" and put all of the submission with a "known value" into it.

p.s.:  Here's my "steal this workflow" post I've posted on LinkedIn describing it a bit more in detail

cheers,

Anton