class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
def authorize_web
- @user = User.find_by_token(session[:token])
+ if session[:user]
+ @user = User.find(session[:user])
+ elsif session[:token]
+ @user = User.authenticate(:token => session[:token])
+ session[:user] = @user.id
+ end
+ rescue Exception => ex
+ logger.info("Exception authorizing user: #{ex.to_s}")
+ @user = nil
end
def require_user
- redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login' unless @user
+ redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login', :referer => request.request_uri unless @user
end
- def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Could't authenticate you") \r
- username, passwd = get_auth_data # parse from headers\r
+ def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Couldn't authenticate you")
+ username, passwd = get_auth_data # parse from headers
# authenticate per-scheme
- if username.nil?\r
- @user = nil # no authentication provided - perhaps first connect (client should retry after 401)\r
- elsif username == 'token' \r
- @user = User.authenticate_token(passwd) # preferred - random token for user from db, passed in basic auth\r
- else\r
- @user = User.authenticate(username, passwd) # basic auth\r
- end\r
- \r
- # handle authenticate pass/fail\r
- if @user
- # user exists and password is correct ... horray!
- if @user.methods.include? 'lastlogin' # note last login
- @session['lastlogin'] = user.lastlogin
- @user.last.login = Time.now
- @user.save()
- @session["User.id"] = @user.id
- end
- else
+ if username.nil?
+ @user = nil # no authentication provided - perhaps first connect (client should retry after 401)
+ elsif username == 'token'
+ @user = User.authenticate(:token => passwd) # preferred - random token for user from db, passed in basic auth
+ else
+ @user = User.authenticate(:username => username, :password => passwd) # basic auth
+ end
+
+ # handle authenticate pass/fail
+ unless @user
# no auth, the user does not exist or the password was wrong
response.headers["Status"] = "Unauthorized"
response.headers["WWW-Authenticate"] = "Basic realm=\"#{realm}\""
- render_text(errormessage, 401) # :unauthorized
+ render :text => errormessage, :status => :unauthorized
+ return false
end
end
+ def check_availability
+ if API_READONLY
+ response.headers['Error'] = "Database offline for maintenance"
+ render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable
+ return false
+ end
+ end
+
# Report and error to the user
# (If anyone ever fixes Rails so it can set a http status "reason phrase",
# rather than only a status code and having the web engine make up a
# phrase from that, we can also put the error message into the status
# message. For now, rails won't let us)
def report_error(message)
- render :nothing => true, :status => 400
+ render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request
# Todo: some sort of escaping of problem characters in the message
response.headers['Error'] = message
end
- # extract authorisation credentials from headers, returns user = nil if none\r
- private
+private
+
+ # extract authorisation credentials from headers, returns user = nil if none
def get_auth_data
if request.env.has_key? 'X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # where mod_rewrite might have put it
authdata = request.env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split
end
# only basic authentication supported
if authdata and authdata[0] == 'Basic'
- user, pass = Base64.decode64(authdata[1]).split(':')[0..1]
- end \r
+ user, pass = Base64.decode64(authdata[1]).split(':',2)
+ end
return [user, pass]
end