A very simple solution is to use a filter that checks whether a method has a particular annotation.
My auth methods have an annotation called @AuthRequired that will only succeed if the user is ok and then inject that user into my resources. On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Bruno Fuster <brunofus...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I'm developing an iphone app using GAE as a RESTful back-end and I've > implemented my own auth using HTTP Digest over SSL. > > RESTful services should be stateless, so each authenticated call should > send the user information (tokens or login/pass). To Login, just create a > service that returns HTTP Codes 200 or 403 if login succeed or failed. > > Hope it helps. > > Regards, > > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Rob <r...@conaway58.com> wrote: > >> I'd like to create a RESTful web service in GAE. I want to restrict >> access with authentication. I want to call the service from a Java program >> that is run unattended. >> >> How can I authenticate from the Java program? I see ClientLogin, but that >> seems to be oriented toward an interactive application where the user can >> respond to a captcha, if necessary. That's not practical in my case. >> >> --- >> >> My reason for needing this is that I have a Java application using OFX4j >> to read bank transactions from a checking account. I'd like to store these >> transactions in a GAE datastore for later access. I cannot use OFX4j >> directly in GAE because it uses sockets. So I will periodically run the >> Java application as a cron job. It will call the RESTful web service in GAE >> to store the data. >> >> Thank you for any help. >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine for Java" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine-java/-/d4Svj1CJb-sJ. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-appengine-java@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Bruno Fuster > > -- Bruno Fuster -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-java@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
