instance method `authentication_request`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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authentication_request(controller, realm)

Sets a WWW-Authenticate to let the client know a token is desired.

controller - ActionController::Base instance for the outgoing response. realm - String realm to use in the header.

Returns nothing.

Parameters

controller req
realm req

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb, line 491
      def authentication_request(controller, realm)
        controller.headers["WWW-Authenticate"] = %(Token realm="#{realm.gsub(/"/, "")}")
        controller.__send__ :render, :text => "HTTP Token: Access denied.\n", :status => :unauthorized
      end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb line 491 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Token

Signature

Parameters