Error: No reCAPTCHA clients exist (reCAPTCHA v3) - recaptcha

Question

I've integrated reCAPTCHA v3 in one of my forms. In onload, there's a token produced and google captcha logo in the bottom right corner. But when I submit the form, in console there is an error shown, "Error: No reCAPTCHA clients exist". Also, it seems, no data is fetched by "g-recaptcha-response" and $_POST["g-recaptcha-response"] remains empty.
Here is the sample code:
<script type="text/javascript">
var ReCaptchaCallbackV3 = function() {
grecaptcha.ready(function() {
grecaptcha.execute("site_key").then(function(token) {
console.log("v3 Token: " + token);
});
});
};
</script>
<script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=ReCaptchaCallbackV3&render=site_key"></script>
It doesn't produce any "g-recaptcha-response" when the form is submitted.
I don't know much about google reCaptcha. I've followed the documentation provided by them and used a site and a secret key in the proper way.
Can anybody please tell me where might be the problem and what is the possible solution?

Answer 1

I believe this error occurs when the reCaptcha api.js loads, but your container is not present on the page yet (at least for v2). I had this error occur in a React app when I navigated to the page rather than loading it as the first on. Instead of using render=explicit and using a global namespace onLoadCallback, I was able to resolve it by rendering the captcha element manually.
Instead of creating a <div class="g-recaptcha"></div>, give the container div an id only (<div id="recaptcha-container"></div>) and render it in your JS code (e.g. in componentDidMount for a React app):
grecaptcha.ready(function() {
grecaptcha.render("recaptcha-container", {
"sitekey": "your-site-key"
});
});

Answer 2

Have you tried loading the script before trying to send the request?
<script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=ReCaptchaCallbackV3&render=site_key"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var ReCaptchaCallbackV3 = function() {
grecaptcha.ready(function() {
grecaptcha.execute("site_key").then(function(token) {
console.log("v3 Token: " + token);
});
});
};
</script>

Answer 3

When I came across this problem with reCAPTCHA v3, it was because I didn't pass it the correct site key.

Answer 4

This also happens in Recaptcha 2 before user interacts with it. So, I have a submit button that triggers a JS function that checks the value of recaptcha. To solve the no client exists problem, I did:
try {
data["reCaptcha"] = grecaptcha.getResponse();
} catch (err) {
data["reCaptcha"] = "";
}
The data object then gets sent to a back-end script that validates the recaptcha. The back-end also checks for the field being empty.

Answer 5

I had this problem because I was calling grecaptcha.reset(); when there wasn't any Recaptcha active on the site
grecaptcha.reset();
recaptcha__en.js:507 Uncaught Error: No reCAPTCHA clients exist.
at MX (recaptcha__en.js:507)
at Object.Zn [as reset] (recaptcha__en.js:514)
at <anonymous>:1:13

Answer 6

I was using React and only rendering my captcha container sometimes. Fixed by hiding the captcha button instead of not rendering it.

Answer 7

In my case grecaptcha.reset(); was present from previous code snippet, and I was programmatically invoking it.
As the captcha verification is going on the fly every time. Resetting wasn't required.
After eliminating this grecaptcha.reset(); my code works perfectly fine.
Maybe this hint can help someone.

Answer 8

We received this because we have a second environment with another domain and forgot to add this domain to the reCaptcha admin site. The solution was to add the new domain to the settings.
The steps are
Open www.google/recaptcha/admin/site
Select the site you're working on
Click on the settings gear
Add the domain in its respective section