Protect an HTTP endpoint with Basic Auth
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steps.
trigger
HTTP API
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steps.
validate_auth_header
auth
to use OAuth tokens and API keys in code via the
auths objectparams
User
string ·params.user
Password
string ·params.password
code
Write any Node.jscodeand use anynpm package. You can alsoexport datafor use in later steps via
return or this.key = 'value', pass input data to your code viaparams, and maintain state across executions with$checkpoint.async (event, steps, params) => {1
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if (!event.headers.authorization) {
reject()
$end("No Authorization header present")
}
// The data in the Authorization header looks like this:
// Basic <base64-encoded-username-and-password>
// Parse and decode it
const authData = Buffer.from(event.headers.authorization.split(" ")[1] || "", 'base64').toString()
if (!authData) {
reject()
$end("No data in Authorization header")
}
// Validate the username and password with those configured in params
const [user, pass] = authData.split(":")
if (user !== params.user || pass !== params.password) {
reject()
$end("Username / password don't match")
}
// If we've reached this point, we've validated the Authorization header!
$respond({
status: 200,
body: "Successfully authenticated"
})
function reject() {
$respond({
status: 401,
})
}