Sinatra::Protection

This gem provides a small, simple Sinatra extension that allows protecting the selected routes in your application with HTTP Basic Authentication.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sinatra-protection'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sinatra-protection

Usage for classic Sinatra apps

require "sinatra"
require "sinatra/protection"

# optionally configure the credentials and realm

set :username, "demo" # default: "admin"
set :password, "pass" # default: "admin"
set :realm, "My Application" # default: "Restricted Area"

get "/protected" do
  protected!
  # do something that requires authentication
end

get "/" do
  # this action will not require authentication
end

Usage for modular Sinatra apps

require "sinatra"
require "sinatra/protection"

class MyApp < Sinatra::Application
  register Sinatra::Protection

  # configure and use as in the classical example
end

Disabling protection

Sometimes you might want to completely disable HTTP authentication for the entire application. The easiest way to do it is by setting:

set :enable_protection, false

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/gunpowderlabs/sinatra-protection. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.