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Hi! Did you ever figure this out? I need to figure this out as well.
Apr 12, 2017
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L5.4 Basic HTTP Authentication with headers
Hi,
I need to migrate an existing API to a new Laravel 5.4 application.
The API uses HTTP basic authentication to authenticate users - by accepting the Authorization header with the value of Basic where the is a combination of username:password base64 encoded.
I tried to implement it by following L5.4 documentation (which is a bit cryptic about the subject), but all I could find refers to accepting the api_token URL parameter.
How should I define the middleware & guard for such an API? Isn't it supported by L5.4 out of the box? Please keep in mind that changing the authentication method is not an option.
Thanks a lot
Level 1
@dangerwayne The 5.4 documentation mentions the built in auth.basic middleware at the top of this section (https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/authentication#http-basic-authentication)
It should work "out of the box" if your username = the user email you have in your database. However, you may need to write your own middleware if you need a different column.
Let me know if you're using a different version of Laravel
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