Move the authorize method to api_controller

[rails.git] / app / controllers / api_controller.rb

diff --git a/app/controllers/api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
index 8ddb7242fe5ee3a78d5188dfec62b6204eb5a653..cb3d71d490587f5641c27c0ca70ff528c42f0847 100644 (file)
--- a/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 class ApiController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
 
+  def authorize(realm = "Web Password", errormessage = "Couldn't authenticate you")
+    # make the current_user object from any auth sources we have
+    setup_user_auth
+
+    # handle authenticate pass/fail
+    unless current_user
+      # no auth, the user does not exist or the password was wrong
+      response.headers["WWW-Authenticate"] = "Basic realm=\"#{realm}\""
+      render :plain => errormessage, :status => :unauthorized
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+
   def deny_access(_exception)
     if current_token
       set_locale