# Filters added to this controller will be run for all controllers in the application. # Likewise, all the methods added will be available for all controllers. class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base def authorize_web if session[:user] @user = User.find(session[:user]) elsif session[:token] @user = User.authenticate(:token => session[:token]) session[:user] = @user.id end rescue Exception => ex logger.info("Exception authorizing user: #{ex.to_s}") @user = nil end def require_user redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login', :referer => request.request_uri unless @user end def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Couldn't authenticate you") username, passwd = get_auth_data # parse from headers # authenticate per-scheme if username.nil? @user = nil # no authentication provided - perhaps first connect (client should retry after 401) elsif username == 'token' @user = User.authenticate(:token => passwd) # preferred - random token for user from db, passed in basic auth else @user = User.authenticate(:username => username, :password => passwd) # basic auth end # handle authenticate pass/fail unless @user # no auth, the user does not exist or the password was wrong response.headers["Status"] = "Unauthorized" response.headers["WWW-Authenticate"] = "Basic realm=\"#{realm}\"" render :text => errormessage, :status => :unauthorized return false end end def check_read_availability if API_STATUS == :offline response.headers['Error'] = "Database offline for maintenance" render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable return false end end def check_write_availability if API_STATUS == :offline or API_STATUS == :readonly response.headers['Error'] = "Database offline for maintenance" render :nothing => true, :status => :service_unavailable return false end end # Report and error to the user # (If anyone ever fixes Rails so it can set a http status "reason phrase", # rather than only a status code and having the web engine make up a # phrase from that, we can also put the error message into the status # message. For now, rails won't let us) def report_error(message) render :nothing => true, :status => :bad_request # Todo: some sort of escaping of problem characters in the message response.headers['Error'] = message end private # extract authorisation credentials from headers, returns user = nil if none def get_auth_data if request.env.has_key? 'X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # where mod_rewrite might have put it authdata = request.env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split elsif request.env.has_key? 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' # regular location authdata = request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.split end # only basic authentication supported if authdata and authdata[0] == 'Basic' user, pass = Base64.decode64(authdata[1]).split(':',2) end return [user, pass] end end