I tried this decorator, too: auth.settings.allow_basic_login = True @auth.requires_login()
jQuery still chokes on user authorization. Moreover, it tries to redirect you to a login page, which in my case is not applicable. On Saturday, 30 May 2015 14:32:24 UTC-4, horridohobbyist wrote: > > I'm trying to implement a REST api. I've coded the following: > > @request.restful() > def api(): > response.view = 'generic.json' > # curl -k --user tyr...@yahoo.ca:Lannister -G -d "var1=something1" -d > "var2=something2" > # > https://miramar21.com/tut_server/default/api/verify/person/:usr/:pwd > # https://miramar21.com/tut_server/default/api/add/person > # https://miramar21.com/tut_server/default/api/update/person/:id > def GET(*args,**vars): > auth.basic() > if not auth.user: > return dict(unauthorized=True) > try: > if args[0] == 'verify': > if len(args) > 3: > table_name = args[1] > usr = args[2] > pwd = args[3] > alg = 'pbkdf2(1000,20,sha512)' > hash = str(CRYPT(digest_alg=alg,salt=False)(pwd)[0]) > row = db(db[table_name].email==usr).select().first() > if row: > status = True if row.password == hash else False > return dict(verified=status,id=row.id) > return locals() > if args[0] == 'add': > if len(args) > 1: > table_name = args[1] > return db[table_name].validate_and_insert(**vars) > return locals() > if args[0] == 'update': > if len(args) > 2: > table_name = args[1] > record_id = args[2] > return db(db[table_name]._id==record_id). > validate_and_update(**vars) > return locals() > except: > return dict(fatal=True) > return locals() > return locals() > > I have a feeling that I'm not doing user authorization for the REST api > correctly, although the following cURL command works fine: > > curl -k --user tyr...@yahoo.ca:Lannister https:// > miramar21.com/tut_server/default/api/verify/person/james.b...@outlook.com/Prometheus > > When I try to use jQuery ajax to perform the same operation, it chokes on > the user authorization, whether I use JS headers or beforeSend. So I > suspect I'm doing something wrong. (But why is cURL working???) > > I just want to control user authorization as simply and cleanly as > possible. > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
