NAME Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::HTTP - HTTP Basic authentication for Catlayst. SYNOPSIS use Catalyst qw/ Authentication Authentication::Store::Moose Authentication::Store::Elk Authentication::Credential::HTTP::Proxy /; $c->config->{authentication}{http_proxy}= { url =>'', store => 'Authentication::Store::Moose' }; sub foo : Local { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->authorization_required( realm => "foo" ); # named after the status code ;-) # either user gets authenticated or 401 is sent do_stuff(); } # with ACL plugin __PACKAGE__->deny_access_unless("/path", sub { $_[0]->authenticate_http }); sub end : Private { my ( $self, $c ) = @_; $c->authorization_required_response( realm => "foo" ); $c->error(0); } DESCRIPTION This moduule lets you use HTTP Proxy authentication with Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication. Currently this module only supports the Basic scheme, but upon request Digest will also be added. Patches welcome! CONFIG This module reads config from $c->config->{authentication}{http_proxy}. The following settings are supported: url Required. A url protected with basic authentication to authenticate against. store To specify what store to use. will use the default store if not set. METHODS authorization_required Tries to "authenticate_http_proxy", and if that fails calls "authorization_required_response" and detaches the current action call stack. authenticate_http_proxy Looks inside "$c->request->headers" and processes the basic (badly named) authorization header. Then authenticates this against the provided url. authorization_required_response Sets "$c->response" to the correct status code, and adds the correct header to demand authentication data from the user agent. AUTHORS Marcus Ramberg