method

authentication_request

v7.1.3.2 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token

1.0.0
1.1.6
1.2.6
2.0.3
2.1.0
2.2.1
2.3.8
3.0.0 (0)
3.0.9 (-21)
3.1.0 (0)
3.2.1 (0)
3.2.8 (0)
3.2.13 (0)
4.0.2 (0)
4.1.8 (0)
4.2.1 (0)
4.2.7 (0)
4.2.9 (0)
5.0.0.1 (13)
5.1.7 (0)
5.2.3 (0)
6.0.0 (0)
6.1.3.1 (0)
6.1.7.7 (0)
7.0.0 (0)
7.1.3.2 (38)
7.1.3.4 (0)
What's this?

authentication_request(controller, realm, message = nil) public

Sets a WWW-Authenticate header to let the client know a token is desired.

Returns nothing.

Parameters

controller - ActionController::Base instance for the outgoing response.
realm - String realm to use in the header.

Show source

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb, line 550
      def authentication_request(controller, realm, message = nil)
        message ||= "HTTP Token: Access denied.\n"
        controller.headers["WWW-Authenticate"] = %(Token realm="#{realm.tr('"', "")}")
        controller.__send__ :render, plain: message, status: :unauthorized
      end

authentication_request

Related methods

Parameters