Interface IAuthFilter<T, U>

Authentication filter that can extract authentication data from a HTTP request and preform authentication using that data.

interface IAuthFilter<T, U extends Principal> {
    authenticationSchemeName: string;
    name: string;
    authenticate(authData: T): Promise<U>;
    extractAuthData(request: Request): Promise<T>;
}

Type Parameters

T
Authentication data type
U extends Principal
Principal data type, the type must extend Principal

Implemented by

BasicAuthFilter

Index

Properties

authenticationSchemeName name

Methods

authenticate extractAuthData

Properties

`Readonly`authenticationSchemeName

authenticationSchemeName: string

String to use in WWW-Authenticate header when returing a HTTP 401 response, see: https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-authschemes/http-authschemes.xhtml

`Readonly`name

name: string

A human readable name for this authentication filter.

Methods

authenticate

authenticate(authData: T): Promise<U>
Attempt to authorise a user suing the authentication data supplied. An instance of the principal type U should be returned on authentication success, otherwise undefined should be returned.
Parameters
- authData: T
  An instance of the authentication data type T.
Returns Promise<U>
Instance of type U or undefined on authentication failure.
- Defined in api/security/IAuthFilter.ts:43

extractAuthData

extractAuthData(request: Request): Promise<T>
Extract an instance of the authentication data type T from a HTTP request. If extraction is not possible due to missing request headers/data, undefined should be returned.
Parameters
- request: Request
  Request context to use.
Returns Promise<T>
Instance of type T or undefined on extraction failure.
- Defined in api/security/IAuthFilter.ts:33