 | Recent Changes The authentication subsytem in the Confluence4r plugin has recently changed! Please see below for the revised controller methods that work with the new system. |
We deal with the problem of authenticating against Confluence by adding a login filter to our application controller. This asks the user for their Confluence username and password and stores it in the Rails session:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
before_filter :authenticate, :except => :login
def login
@destination = params[:destination]
if request.post?
begin
options = {}
options[:username] = params[:username]
options[:password] = params[:password]
@connector = Confluence::Connector.new(options)
@connector.connect
session[:confluence_connector] = @connector
redirect_to @destination and return
rescue Confluence::RemoteAuthenticationException
flash[:error] = $!
end
end
render :template => 'shared/login', :layout => 'encore'
end
protected
def authenticate
if session[:confluence_connector]
Confluence::RemoteDataObject.connector = session[:confluence_connector] and return true
else
redirect_to :action => :login, :destination => request.request_uri and return false
end
end
end
You'll also have to implement a shared/login.rhtml template. Ours looks like this:
<%= form_tag({}, {:style => "text-align: center;"}) -%>
<div style="width: 500px; margin: auto;">
<p>
<strong>Please enter your username and password to continue.</strong><br />
Why must you enter your authentication information again you ask?<br />
It is a mystery. Leave it at that.
</p>
<%= auto_flash %>
<%= hidden_field_tag(:destination, @destination) %>
<table style="margin: auto;">
<tr>
<th style="text-align: right"><label for="username">Username:</label></th>
<td><%= text_field_tag(:username, params[:username]) %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: right"><label for="password">Password:</label></th>
<td><%= password_field_tag(:password, params[:password]) %></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<%= submit_tag("Log in") %>
</p>
</div>
<%= end_form_tag -%>