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A Flask route decorator that verifies the token before the view runs.

Add the script, a hidden blockalt-token field and a submit handler in a static file (no inline script needed):

HTML
<script src="https://blockalt.click/v1/assets/blockalt.c8b2d9539dbbc932999adb0f51a36bddd4e99899f543e1505818841878cf9813.js"
  integrity="sha384-pblByFDqcJxRfhDh18GH3gRsWy9ZaS4AjDc6OpozzQqvkuYvyin+4BWcKXxA+bN8"
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="/js/signup.js" defer></script>

<form id="signup" method="post" action="/signup">
  <input name="email" type="email" required>
  <input name="blockalt-token" type="hidden">
  <button>Create account</button>
  <p class="error" role="alert"></p>
</form>
static/js/signup.jsJavaScript
const protection = BlockAlt.create({
  siteKey: "ba_pk_your_public_site_key",
  apiUrl: "https://blockalt.click",
  // Every key of GET /v1/keys (configPublicKeys), standby keys included.
  configPublicKeys: ["MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAXmYdcBh/jf+z+0H+hs2QvZ9UG4PBgkRvHX/JuXyjIL8=","MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAE34qdEtOeD21+CmmfTmFyRr/vySsY1TD6BJZFtwF37pkelvN2vRYWWHdLrUouzkQXEfnA7V50xK2QcmnBCGsxbA==","MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAtkfghYcdvSRf2wA01gjQtgTqdYGjaDUZsOPXzgLnnT0=","MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEYYmQNAMnVKK7G3VVguAk3SC/RFT5SDjCoxcFMOPFx0vmsGycJWOK8hCdxuTCHlvShng1fo0y4Q9PJHPIGQ9EfA=="],
});
const form = document.querySelector("#signup");
form.addEventListener("submit", async (event) => {
  event.preventDefault();
  try {
    // A fresh token for every attempt: single use, valid for 120 seconds.
    form.elements["blockalt-token"].value = await protection.execute("signup");
    form.submit();
  } catch {
    form.querySelector(".error").textContent = "Please try again.";
  }
});

Decorator #

With verify_blockalt from the Python snippet:

app.pyPython
from functools import wraps

from flask import Flask, abort, request

from blockalt import verify_blockalt

app = Flask(__name__)


def require_blockalt(action):
    def decorator(view):
        @wraps(view)
        def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
            if not verify_blockalt(request.form.get("blockalt-token", ""), action):
                abort(403)
            return view(*args, **kwargs)

        return wrapped

    return decorator


@app.post("/signup")
@require_blockalt("signup")
def signup():
    ...

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