Plack::Middleware::Auth::Basic(3)

NAME
Plack::Middleware::Auth::Basic - Simple basic authentication middleware

SYNOPSIS
  use Plack::Builder;
  my $app = sub { ... };

  builder {
      enable "Auth::Basic", authenticator => \&authen_cb;
      $app;
  };

  sub authen_cb {
      my($username, $password) = @_;
      return $username eq 'admin' && $password eq 's3cr3t';
  }

DESCRIPTION
Plack::Middleware::Auth::Basic is a basic authentication handler for Plack.

CONFIGURATION

authenticator
    A callback function that takes username and password supplied and returns whether the authentication succeeds. Required.

    Authenticator can also be an object that responds to "authenticate" method that takes username and password and returns boolean, so backends for Authen::Simple is perfect to use:

      use Authen::Simple::LDAP;
      enable "Auth::Basic", authenticator => Authen::Simple::LDAP->new(...);

realm
    Realm name to display in the basic authentication dialog. Defaults to restricted area.

AUTHOR
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa

SEE ALSO
Plack