Java (Spring)

Installation

Add the dependency:

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<dependency>
    <groupId>com.botbye</groupId>
    <artifactId>java-module</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Configuration

Expose the dedicated BotbyePhishingClient as a Spring bean. Phishing is separate from the evaluate Botbye client and is identified by a public, browser-safe clientKey, so it needs no server key. On construction it makes a one-off, best-effort server-integration init handshake that reports this server-side integration to BotBye; it is non-blocking, so expose it as a singleton bean and reuse it.

BotbyePhishingConfig takes 2 values: endpoint (optional, defaults to https://verify.botbye.com) and clientKey.

Getting clientKey

clientKey is the public, browser-safe identifier of your phishing project. It travels in the asset URL path, so it is safe to expose — no secret token and no Base64 encoding are required.

Find it on the Get Started screen of your phishing project in the BotBye dashboard.

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import com.botbye.phishing.BotbyePhishingClient;
import com.botbye.phishing.BotbyePhishingConfig;
import com.botbye.phishing.BotbyePhishingCatcher;

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

    @Bean
    public BotbyePhishingClient<Void> phishingClient() {
        return new BotbyePhishingClient<>(
                new BotbyePhishingConfig.Builder()
                        .endpoint("https://verify.botbye.com")
                        .clientKey("<public-client-key>")
                        .build()
        );
    }
}

Usage

Anti-phishing needs two routes on your own origin: an SVG route — the URL your client code passes to getCatcher({ url }) — and a PNG route that the SVG references. The paths are arbitrary, so name them like ordinary static assets and let the route decide the format. A path that spells out the vendor or the feature (/api/phishing/…) is what a copied page is searched for and stripped of, and a format query param on the pixel URL reads the same way.

On the SVG route, pass innerPngUrl — the absolute URL of your PNG route: the returned SVG embeds it as its tracking pixel. It is required: the SVG catcher takes it as a constructor argument, so an SVG asset without one does not compile, and a blank one is rejected on the spot rather than reaching the wire. Build that URL from your own host — image_id is owned by the SDK and is not read from the forwarded query. skipExecution defaults to true, the script-less SVG; pass false only for browsers predating crossorigin on svg <image> (Chrome 118, Firefox 114, Safari 17.2), where the script-driven variant is the one that still reports.

These examples forward no query: format, image_id and executable are set by the call itself, and only module_name / module_version pass through from the browser's pixel query — which a catcher mounted on your own routes never receives.

If you would rather not read the request yourself, bind it once: BotbyePhishingClient.withExtractor(config, request -> new BotbyePhishingRequestInfo(origin, referer, query)) gives a BotbyePhishingClient<YourRequest> whose fetchCatcher(request, BotbyePhishingCatcher.svg(…)) takes the raw request instead of origin / referer. The extractor is then the only thing that reads the request — headers and query alike.

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@RestController
public class PhishingController {
    // Absolute URL of your PNG route — the SVG catcher references it through innerPngUrl.
    private static final String PNG_CATCHER_URL = "https://your-site.example/your-image-route.png";

    private final BotbyePhishingClient<Void> phishing;

    @Autowired
    public PhishingController(BotbyePhishingClient<Void> phishing) {
        this.phishing = phishing;
    }

    @GetMapping("/your-image-route.svg")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> svg(
            @RequestHeader(name = "Origin", required = false) String origin,
            @RequestHeader(name = "Referer", required = false) String referer
    ) {
        return relay(phishing.fetchCatcher(BotbyePhishingCatcher.svg(PNG_CATCHER_URL), origin, referer));
    }

    @GetMapping("/your-image-route.png")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> png(
            @RequestHeader(name = "Origin", required = false) String origin,
            @RequestHeader(name = "Referer", required = false) String referer
    ) {
        return relay(phishing.fetchCatcher(BotbyePhishingCatcher.png(), origin, referer));
    }

    private ResponseEntity<byte[]> relay(BotbyePhishingResponse response) {
        if (response.getError() != null) {
            return ResponseEntity.status(502).body(null);
        }

        String contentType = response.getHeaders().getOrDefault("Content-Type", "image/png");

        return ResponseEntity
                .status(response.getStatus())
                .contentType(MediaType.valueOf(contentType))
                .body(response.getBody());
    }
}

Settings

Configuration parameters for phishing integration: