auth

Documentation

Overview

Package auth provides handlers to enable basic auth support. Simple Usage:

import(
	"github.com/astaxie/beego"
	"github.com/astaxie/beego/plugins/auth"
)

func main(){
	// authenticate every request
	beego.InsertFilter("*", beego.BeforeRouter,auth.Basic("username","secretpassword"))
	beego.Run()
}

Advanced Usage:

func SecretAuth(username, password string) bool {
	return username == "astaxie" && password == "helloBeego"
}
authPlugin := auth.NewBasicAuthenticator(SecretAuth, "Authorization Required")
beego.InsertFilter("*", beego.BeforeRouter,authPlugin)

Index

• func Basic(username string, password string) beego.FilterFunc
• func NewBasicAuthenticator(secrets SecretProvider, Realm string) beego.FilterFunc
• type BasicAuth
  • func (a *BasicAuth) CheckAuth(r *http.Request) string
  • func (a *BasicAuth) RequireAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
• type SecretProvider

Functions

func Basic

func Basic(username string, password string) beego.FilterFunc

Basic is the http basic auth

func NewBasicAuthenticator

func NewBasicAuthenticator(secrets SecretProvider, Realm string) beego.FilterFunc

NewBasicAuthenticator return the BasicAuth

Types

type BasicAuth

type BasicAuth struct {
	Secrets SecretProvider
	Realm   string
}

BasicAuth store the SecretProvider and Realm

func (*BasicAuth) CheckAuth

func (a *BasicAuth) CheckAuth(r *http.Request) string

CheckAuth Checks the username/password combination from the request. Returns either an empty string (authentication failed) or the name of the authenticated user. Supports MD5 and SHA1 password entries

func (*BasicAuth) RequireAuth

func (a *BasicAuth) RequireAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)

RequireAuth http.Handler for BasicAuth which initiates the authentication process (or requires reauthentication).

type SecretProvider

type SecretProvider func(user, pass string) bool

SecretProvider is the SecretProvider function