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2 summary: HTTP Authentication using custom JSON protocol
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5 Introduction
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6 ============
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8 To authenticate users, this module does a `POST` request to a configured
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9 URL with a JSON payload. It is not async so requests block the server
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10 until answered.
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12 Configuration
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13 =============
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15 ``` lua
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16 VirtualHost "example.com"
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17 authentication = "custom_http"
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18 auth_custom_http = {
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19 post_url = "http://api.example.com/auth";
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20 }
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21 ```
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23 Protocol
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24 ========
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26 The JSON payload consists of an object with `username` and `password`
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29 {"username":"john","password":"secr1t"}
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31 The module expects the response body to be exactly `true` if the
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32 username and password are correct.