Basic Authentication for WEBrick

Use this class to add basic authentication to a WEBrick servlet.

Here is an example of how to set up a BasicAuth:

config = { :Realm => 'BasicAuth example realm' }

htpasswd = WEBrick::HTTPAuth::Htpasswd.new 'my_password_file'
htpasswd.set_passwd config[:Realm], 'username', 'password'
htpasswd.flush

config[:UserDB] = htpasswd

basic_auth = WEBrick::HTTPAuth::BasicAuth.new config
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Class Methods

Used by UserDB to create a basic password entry

Creates a new BasicAuth instance.

See WEBrick::Config::BasicAuth for default configuration entries

You must supply the following configuration entries:

:Realm

The name of the realm being protected.

:UserDB

A database of usernames and passwords. A WEBrick::HTTPAuth::Htpasswd instance should be used.

Instance Methods

Authenticates a req and returns a 401 Unauthorized using res if the authentication was not correct.

Returns a challenge response which asks for authentication information