Rails 2.0: HTTP Basic Authentication
HTTP Basic authentication support comes bundled with Rails 2.0, alleviating the need for external plugins we used with Rails 1.x. Here’s how you can use (and test) this new Rails 2.0 feature.Controller Code
before_filter :authenticatedef authenticate
authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
true # replace with your own custom logic
end
end
Functional Test
def setup
@controller = AdminController.new
@request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
@response = ActionController::TestResponse.new
set_basic_authentication
end
def test_basic_authentication_success
get :index
assert_response :success
end
def set_basic_authentication
@request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = 'Basic ' + Base64::b64encode("some_username:some_password")
end
For Rails 2.0 internal implementation details, see http_authentication.rb.
Where does “Configuration::ADMIN[:username]” come from?
Just a placeholder for wherever your admin password comes from. I updated it to read “some_username:some_password”.
Thanks for this – just what I was Googling for.
BTW, I found that Base64::b64encode printed the encoded string as a side effect, which made my rake test output rather noisy.
Using Base64::encode64 instead solved that for me.