Class: X::Authenticator

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• X::Authenticator

Defined in:

lib/x/authenticator.rb

Overview

Base class for authentication

Direct Known Subclasses

BearerTokenAuthenticator, OAuth2Authenticator, OAuthAuthenticator

Constant Summary

AUTHENTICATION_HEADER =

The HTTP header name for authentication

"Authorization".freeze

Instance Method Summary

• #header(_request) ⇒ Hash{String => String}

  Generate the authentication header for a request.

Instance Method Details

#header(_request) ⇒ Hash{String => String}

Generate the authentication header for a request

Examples:

Generate an empty authentication header

authenticator = X::Authenticator.new
authenticator.header(request)

Parameters:

• _request (Net::HTTPRequest) —

  the HTTP request

Returns:

• (Hash{String => String}) —

  the authentication header

# File 'lib/x/authenticator.rb', line 17

def header(_request)
  {AUTHENTICATION_HEADER => ""}
end