method

basic_auth

v2_4_6 - Show latest stable - Class: WEBrick::HTTPAuth

basic_auth(req, res, realm)

public

Simple wrapper for providing basic authentication for a request. When called with a request req, response res, authentication realm and block the block will be called with a username and password. If the block returns true the request is allowed to continue, otherwise an HTTPStatus::Unauthorized error is raised.

# File lib/webrick/httpauth.rb, line 79
    def basic_auth(req, res, realm, &block) # :yield: username, password
      _basic_auth(req, res, realm, "Authorization", "WWW-Authenticate",
                  HTTPStatus::Unauthorized, block)
    end

basic_auth

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