elli_basicauth

Basic authentication middleware for elli

Installation

{deps, [
  {elli, "2.0.2"},
  {elli_basicauth, "0.1.0"}
]}.

Example

• Start an Erlang shell with elli and elli_basicauth loaded.

  rebar3 as test shell

• Start elli_basicauth_example.

  1> {ok, Pid} = elli_basicauth_example:start_link().

• Make requests, e.g. using HTTPie.

  http :8080/protected

  HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Content-Length: 12
  WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Admin Area"
  
  Unauthorized

  http -a user:pass :8080/protected

  HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
  Connection: Keep-Alive
  Content-Length: 9
  
  Forbidden