NAME Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::HTTP - HTTP Basic and Digest authentication for Catlayst. SYNOPSIS use Catalyst qw/ Authentication Authentication::Store::Moose Authentication::Credential::HTTP /; __PACKAGE__->config->{authentication}{http}{type} = 'any'; # or 'digest' or 'basic' __PACKAGE__->config->{authentication}{users} = { Mufasa => { password => "Circle Of Life", }, }; sub foo : Local { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->authorization_required( realm => "foo" ); # named after the status code ;-) # either user gets authenticated or 401 is sent do_stuff(); } # with ACL plugin __PACKAGE__->deny_access_unless("/path", sub { $_[0]->authenticate_http }); sub end : Private { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->authorization_required_response( realm => "foo" ); $c->error(0); } DESCRIPTION This moduule lets you use HTTP authentication with Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication. Both basic and digest authentication are currently supported. METHODS authorization_required %opts Tries to "authenticate_http", and if that fails calls "authorization_required_response" and detaches the current action call stack. This method just passes the options through untouched. authenticate_http %opts Looks inside "$c->request->headers" and processes the digest and basic (badly named) authorization header. This will only try the methods set in the configuration. See the next two methods for what %opts can contain. authenticate_basic %opts authenticate_digest %opts Try to authenticate one of the methods without checking if the method is allowed in the configuration. %opts can contain "store" (either an object or a name), "user" (to disregard %the username from the header altogether, overriding it with a username or user %object). authorization_required_response %opts Sets "$c->response" to the correct status code, and adds the correct header to demand authentication data from the user agent. Typically used by "authorization_required", but may be invoked manually. %opts can contain "realm", "domain" and "algorithm", which are used to build %the digest header. store_digest_authorization_nonce $key, $nonce get_digest_authorization_nonce $key Set or get the $nonce object used by the digest auth mode. You may override these methods. By default they will call "get" and "set" on "$c->cache". CONFIGURATION All configuration is stored in "YourApp->config->{authentication}{http}". This should be a hash, and it can contain the following entries: store Either a name or an object -- the default store to use for HTTP authentication. type Can be either "any" (the default), "basic" or "digest". This controls "authorization_required_response" and "authenticate_http", but not the "manual" methods. AUTHORS Yuval Kogman, "nothingmuch@woobling.org" Jess Robinson Sascha Kiefer "esskar@cpan.org" COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright (c) 2005-2006 the aforementioned authors. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.