Symfony security return 401 response instead of redirect

Question

I\'m writing an ajax application with ajax authentication and now I started using the symfony security component in silex to handle authentication/authorization.
Doing a

Answer 1

What you need is a AuthenticationEntryPoint handler. Simple example:

class AuthenticationEntryPoint implements AuthenticationEntryPointInterface {

/**
 * Starts the authentication scheme.
 *
 * @param Request $request The request that resulted in an AuthenticationException
 * @param AuthenticationException $authException The exception that started the authentication process
 *
 * @return Response
 */
public function start(Request $request, AuthenticationException $authException = null)
{
    $array = array('success' => false);
    $response = new Response(json_encode($array), 401);
    $response->headers->set('Content-Type', 'application/json');

    return $response;
}
}

Register class as a service in services.xml file:

    YourNameSpace\AuthenticationEntryPoint



    

and make a small change in security.yml file:

security:
  firewalls:
    somename:
      entry_point: authentication_entry_point