This article will discuss HTTP Basic Authentication in Ruby on Rails. This can be useful when a page needs to be accessible only to users with a password.
First, create a new application.
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rails new basic_auth
rails db:create db:migrate
Now generate a controller.
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rails g controller Welcome index show
Now, in app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb, put the following code:
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class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
http_basic_authenticate_with name: "user", password: "abcdef", only: :show
def index; end
def show
end
end
Now run the Rails server and see how it works.
There you go! Happy authenticating!