class Rack::Auth::Basic

Rack::Auth::Basic implements HTTP Basic Authentication, as per RFC 2617.

Initialize with the Rack application that you want protecting, and a block that checks if a username and password pair are valid.

See also: example/protectedlobster.rb

Public Instance Methods

call (env) 
# File lib/rack/auth/basic.rb, line 17
def call(env)
  auth = Basic::Request.new(env)

  return unauthorized unless auth.provided?

  return bad_request unless auth.basic?

  if valid?(auth)
    env['REMOTE_USER'] = auth.username

    return @app.call(env)
  end

  unauthorized
end