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NAME

WebService::Cmis::Agent::CookieAuth - cookie-based authentication handler

DESCRIPTION

This user agent allows to remain logged in based on cookie information returned by the server.

my $client = WebService::Cmis::getClient(
useragent => new WebService::Cmis::Agent::CookieAuth(
user => "user",
password => "password",
cookieDir => "/tmp",
)
);
my $cookie = $client->login;
my $repo = $client->getRepository;

Parent class: WebService::Cmis::Agent

METHODS

new(%params)

Create a new WebService::Cmis::Agent::CookieAuth.

Parameters:

  • user

  • password

  • loginUrl (defaults to the cmis client's atom endpoint)

  • cookieDir (defaults to /tmp)

See LWP::UserAgent for more options.

login(%params) -> $cookie

logs in to the web service

Parameters:

  • user

  • password

  • cookie

Login using basic auth or based on a cookie previously collected.

my $cookie = $client->login({
user => "user",
password => "pasword"
});
$client->login({
cookie => $cookie
});
logout()

logs out of the web service deleting a cookie previously aquired

get_basic_credentials()

overrides the method in LWP::UserAgent to implement the given authentication mechanism.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2012-2013 Michael Daum

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html.