basic

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Basic authentication provides a simple username/password authentication passed in authentication header.

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var (
	ErrMissingCredentials = errors.New("no credentials provided in request")
	ErrBadCredentials     = errors.New("bad username or password")
)

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type Basic struct {
	BasicMiddleware
	Username string
	Password string
}

Basic is a rudimentary backend for auth. It uses a username and password to authenticate the user. The password is generated if not provided.

func NewBasic(username string, password *string) *Basic

NewBasic creates a new Basic backend. If password is nil, a random password is generated and sent to the logs.

type BasicMiddleware struct {
	Basic *Basic
}

func (a BasicMiddleware) AuthMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler

AuthMiddleware is a middleware that checks the authentication of the user