Rails: Basic Authentication with Authlogic

Question

I\'m using Authlogic and I would like to implement Basic HTTP Authentication in my controller so I could define which action requires authentication.

I know how to

Answer 1

Here is a great screencast that explains, step-by-step, how to use authlogic in your rails project.

Once authlogic is set up, define the following useful authentication-related helper methods in your Application Controller.

def current_user_session
  return @current_user_session if defined?(@current_user_session)
  @current_user_session = UserSession.find
end

def current_user
  return @current_user if defined?(@current_user)
  @current_user = current_user_session && current_user_session.record
end

def require_user
  unless current_user
    store_location
    flash[:notice] = "You must be logged in to access this page"
    redirect_to new_user_session_url
    return false
  end
end

def require_no_user
  if current_user
    store_location
    flash[:notice] = "You must be logged out to access this page"
    redirect_to root_url
    return false
  end
end

Once those methods are defined, you can specify actions that require the user to be logged in:

before_filter :require_user, :only => [:new, :edit]