Authen::Simple::HTTP - Simple HTTP authentication
use Authen::Simple::HTTP; my $http = Authen::Simple::HTTP->new( url => 'http://www.host.com/protected' ); if ( $http->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::HTTP PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleHTTP_url "http://www.host.com/protected" <Location /protected> PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::HTTP AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user </Location>
Authenticate against an HTTP server.
new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
url
Url to authenticate against. Required.
url => 'http://www.host.com/protected'
agent
Any object that is a subclass of LWP::UserAgent.
agent => LWP::UserAgent->new;
log
Any object that supports debug, info, error and warn.
debug
info
error
warn
log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::HTTP')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
Authen::Simple.
LWP::UserAgent.
LWPx::ParanoidAgent.
Christian Hansen ch@ngmedia.com
ch@ngmedia.com
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Authen::Simple::HTTP, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Authen::Simple::HTTP
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::HTTP
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.