So then I should use only a CBLAuthenticator? Thanks!
Brendan On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:18:34 AM UTC-6, Jens Alfke wrote: > > The credential API came first. Authenticators are a generalization that > supports more auth systems. > > —Jens > > On Mar 16, 2016, at 2:04 AM, Brendan Duddridge <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I'm just curious what's the difference between using credentials or an > authenticator on a CBLReplicator object? > > > The documentation seems to imply they are similar, although the wording is > slightly different. > > > For credential: > > > /** The credential (generally username+password) to use to authenticate to > the remote database. > > This can either come from the URL itself (if it's of the form " > http://user:[email protected]";) > > or be stored in the NSURLCredentialStorage, which is a wrapper around > the Keychain. */ > > > NSURLCredential *credential = [NSURLCredential credentialWithUser:username > password:password persistence:NSURLCredentialPersistenceSynchronizable]; > > self.currentPull.credential = credential; > > > and for authenticator: > > > /** An object that knows how to authenticate with a remote server. > > CBLAuthenticator is an opaque protocol; instances can be created by > calling the factory methods > > of the class of the same name. */ > > > id<CBLAuthenticator> authenticator = [CBLAuthenticator > basicAuthenticatorWithName: username password: password]; > > self.currentPull.authenticator = authenticator; > > Is it better to have both setup like above, or just credential, or just > authenticator? > > To me they both appear to kind of do the same thing, namely provide a > username and password to the CBLReplicator so it can authenticate against > the remote server. > > Just curious. Currently I have them both set and it seems to do no harm. > > > Thanks, > > Brendan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Couchbase Mobile" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/0c8a2caf-27af-483c-83cc-86a2c78c63b3%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/0c8a2caf-27af-483c-83cc-86a2c78c63b3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Couchbase Mobile" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mobile-couchbase/1ff152e9-108f-4260-af1e-21854e1fba14%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
