jerry_basic_auth.js

var restify = require('restify');



///--- Globals

var NotAuthorizedError = restify.NotAuthorizedError;



///--- Helpers

function authenticate(req, res, next) {
    var authz = req.authorization;
    console.log('%j', authz)
    if (authz.scheme !== 'Basic' ||
        authz.basic.username !== 'root' ||
        authz.basic.password !== 'secret') {
        return next(new NotAuthorizedError('%s failed to authenticate',
                                           req.authorization.username));
    }

    return next();
}


///--- Mainline

var server = restify.createServer();

server.use(restify.authorizationParser());
server.use(authenticate);


server.get('/hello/:name', function(req, res, next) {
    res.send(req.params.name);
    return next();
});

server.listen(8080, function() {
    console.log('server listening at %s', server.url);
    console.log('\nTry:\n curl -is localhost:8080/hello/jerry');
    console.log('\nAnd:\n curl -is -u root:secret localhost:8080/hello/jerry');
});