Method GetByAuthHeader

lib/remote/apiuser.cpp:25–55

}

ApiUser::Ptr ApiUser::GetByAuthHeader(const String& auth_header)
{
	String::SizeType pos = auth_header.FindFirstOf(" ");
	String username, password;

	if (pos != String::NPos && auth_header.SubStr(0, pos) == "Basic") {
		String credentials_base64 = auth_header.SubStr(pos + 1);
		String credentials = Base64::Decode(credentials_base64);

		String::SizeType cpos = credentials.FindFirstOf(":");

		if (cpos != String::NPos) {
			username = credentials.SubStr(0, cpos);
			password = credentials.SubStr(cpos + 1);
		}
	}

	const ApiUser::Ptr& user = ApiUser::GetByName(username);

	/* Deny authentication if:
	 * 1) user does not exist
	 * 2) given password is empty
	 * 2) configured password does not match.
	 */
	if (!user || password.IsEmpty())
		return nullptr;
	else if (user && !Utility::ComparePasswords(password, user->GetPassword()))
		return nullptr;

	return user;
}