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/*
This file is part of libhttpserver
Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Sebastiano Merlino
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA
*/
// basic_authentication.cpp - per-request HTTP Basic auth check inside a
// lambda handler. For centralized auth that intercepts every request,
// see centralized_authentication.cpp.
//
// SECURITY NOTE: Credentials MUST NOT be hardcoded in source code (CWE-798).
// This example loads BASIC_USER and BASIC_PASS from environment variables.
// Never reflect the password in the response body.
//
// Usage:
// export BASIC_USER=myuser BASIC_PASS=mysecretpassword
// ./basic_authentication
// curl -u myuser:mysecretpassword http://localhost:8080/hello
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <httpserver.hpp>
int main() {
const char* expected_user = std::getenv("BASIC_USER");
const char* expected_pass = std::getenv("BASIC_PASS");
if (!expected_user || !expected_pass) {
std::cerr << "basic_authentication: BASIC_USER and BASIC_PASS "
"environment variables must be set.\n";
return 1;
}
httpserver::webserver ws{httpserver::create_webserver(8080)};
ws.on_get("/hello", [expected_user, expected_pass]
(const httpserver::http_request& req) {
if (req.get_user() != expected_user || req.get_pass() != expected_pass) {
return httpserver::http_response::unauthorized(
"Basic", "[email protected]", "FAIL");
}
// Only echo the username — never reflect the password back to the client.
return httpserver::http_response::string(
"Hello, " + std::string(req.get_user()) + "!");
});
ws.start(true);
return 0;
}
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