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NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::HttpBasicAuth - Http-Basic-Authentication implementation for Mojolicious

SYNOPSIS

# in your startup
$self->plugin(
'http_basic_auth', {
validate => sub {
my $c = shift;
my $loginname = shift;
my $password = shift;
my $realm = shift;
return 1 if($realm eq 'Evergreen Terrace' && $loginname eq 'Homer' && $password eq 'Marge');
return 0;
},
realm => 'Evergreen Terrace'
}
);
# in your routes
sub index {
my $self = shift;
return unless $self->basic_auth(\%options);
$self->render();
}
# or bridged
my $foo = $r->bridge('/bridge')->to(cb => sub {
my $self = shift;
# Authenticated
return unless $self->basic_auth({realm => 'Castle Bridge', validate => sub {return 1;}});
});
$foo->route('/bar')->to(controller => 'foo', action => 'bar');

DESCRIPTION

Mojolicious::Plugin::HttpBasicAuth is a implementation of the Http-Basic-Authentication

OPTIONS

Mojolicious::Plugin::HttpBasicAuth supports the following options.

realm

$self->plugin('http_basic_auth', {realm => 'My Castle!'});

HTTP-Realm, defaults to 'WWW'

validate

$self->plugin('http_basic_auth', {
validate => sub {
my $c = shift;
my $loginname = shift;
my $password = shift;
my $realm = shift;
return 1 if($realm eq 'Springfield' && $loginname eq 'Homer' && $password eq 'Marge');
return 0;
}
});

Validation callback to verify user. This option is mandatory.

invalid

$self->plugin('http_basic_auth', {
invalid => sub {
my $controller = shift;
return (
json => { json => { error => 'HTTP 401: Unauthorized' } },
html => { template => 'auth/basic' },
any => { data => 'HTTP 401: Unauthorized' }
);
}
});

Callback for invalid requests, default can be seen here. Return values are dispatched to "respond_to" in Mojolicious::Controller

HELPERS

Mojolicious::Plugin::HttpBasicAuth implements the following helpers.

basic_auth

return unless $self->basic_auth({realm => 'Kitchen'});

All default options can be overwritten in every call.

METHODS

Mojolicious::Plugin::HttpBasicAuth inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Plugin and implements the following new ones.

register

my $route = $plugin->register(Mojolicious->new);
my $route = $plugin->register(Mojolicious->new, {realm => 'Fort Knox', validate => sub {
return 0;
}});

Register renderer and helper in Mojolicious application.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicio.us.

AUTHOR

Patrick Grämer <pgraemer@cpan.org> , http://graemer.org.

CONTRIBUTOR

Markus Michel <mmichel@cpan.org> , http://markusmichel.org.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015 Patrick Grämer

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.