Refactor contact API route to enhance captcha validation

app/api/contact/route.ts

@@ -1,63 +1,54 @@
-import {NextRequest, NextResponse} from "next/server";
-import nodemailer from "nodemailer";
+import {NextRequest, NextResponse} from 'next/server';
+
+const HCAPTCHA_SECRET = process.env.HCAPTCHA_SECRET ?? '';
+const SHARED_API_KEY = process.env.SHARED_API_KEY ?? '';
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
-    const {captcha, ...data} = await req.json();
-    const {name, email, company, phone, website, message} = data;
-
-    const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
-    const hCaptchaSecret = isDev
-        ? "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" // hCaptcha test secret
-        : "ES_ff59a664dc764f92870bf2c7b4eab7c5";
-
-    // ✅ hCaptcha verification
-    const captchaRes = await fetch("https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify", {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: {"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"},
-        body: `response=${captcha}&secret=${hCaptchaSecret}`,
-    });
-
-    const captchaResult = await captchaRes.json();
-    if (!captchaResult.success) {
-        return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: "CAPTCHA-Verifizierung fehlgeschlagen."}, {status: 403});
-    }
-
-    // ✅ Send mail with Ethereal (for dev) or real SMTP later
-    const testAccount = await nodemailer.createTestAccount();
-    const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
-        host: testAccount.smtp.host,
-        port: testAccount.smtp.port,
-        secure: testAccount.smtp.secure,
-        auth: {
-            user: testAccount.user,
-            pass: testAccount.pass,
-        },
-    });
-
-    const mailToMe = {
-        from: email,
-        to: "thatsaphorn@outlook.de",
-        subject: "Neue Nachricht vom Kontaktformular",
-        html: `
-            <p><strong>Name:</strong> ${name}</p>
-            <p><strong>E-Mail:</strong> ${email}</p>
-            <p><strong>Firma:</strong> ${company || "—"}</p>
-            <p><strong>Telefon:</strong> ${phone || "—"}</p>
-            <p><strong>Webseite:</strong> ${website || "—"}</p>
-            <p><strong>Nachricht:</strong></p>
-            <p>${message}</p>
-        `,
-    };
-
     try {
-        const info = await transporter.sendMail(mailToMe);
+        const body = await req.json();
+        const origin = req.headers.get("origin") || "http://localhost:3000";
+        const captchaToken = body.captcha;
 
-        return NextResponse.json({
-            success: true,
-            previewUrl: nodemailer.getTestMessageUrl(info),
+        if (!captchaToken) {
+            return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: 'Captcha is required'}, {status: 400});
+        }
+
+        // Step 1: Verify hCaptcha token with their API
+        const verifyResponse = await fetch('https://api.hcaptcha.com/siteverify', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
+            body: new URLSearchParams({
+                secret: HCAPTCHA_SECRET,
+                response: captchaToken,
+            }),
         });
-    } catch (err) {
-        console.error("Mail send error:", err);
-        return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: "Mailversand fehlgeschlagen."}, {status: 500});
+
+        const captchaResult = await verifyResponse.json();
+
+        if (!captchaResult.success) {
+            return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: 'Captcha verification failed'}, {status: 403});
+        }
+
+        // Step 2: Forward valid contact request to Spring Boot backend
+        const backendRes = await fetch('http://localhost:8080/api/contact', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                "Origin": origin,
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                'X-Frontend-Key': SHARED_API_KEY,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        });
+
+        const backendText = await backendRes.text();
+
+        if (!backendRes.ok) {
+            return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: backendText}, {status: backendRes.status});
+        }
+
+        return NextResponse.json({success: true, message: backendText});
+    } catch (err: any) {
+        console.error('[ContactAPI] error:', err);
+        return NextResponse.json({success: false, error: err.message}, {status: 500});
     }
 }