NAME

Catalyst::Authentication::Store::DBI - Storage class for Catalyst Authentication using DBI

SYNOPSIS

use Catalyst qw(Authentication);

__PACKAGE__->config->{'authentication'} = {
  'default_realm' => 'default',
  'realms' => {
    'default' => {
      'credential' => {
        'class'               => 'Password',
        'password_field'      => 'password',
        'password_type'       => 'hashed',
        'password_hash_type'  => 'SHA-1',
      },
      'store' => {
        'class'              => 'DBI',
        'user_table'         => 'login',
        'user_key'           => 'id',
        'user_name'          => 'name',
        'role_table'         => 'authority',
        'role_key'           => 'id',
        'role_name'          => 'name',
        'user_role_table'    => 'competence',
        'user_role_user_key' => 'login',
        'user_role_role_key' => 'authority',
      },
    },
  },
};

sub login :Global
{
  my ($self, $c) = @_;
  my $req = $c->request();

  # catch login failures
  unless ($c->authenticate({
    'name'     => $req->param('name'),
    'password' => $req->param('password'),
    })) {
    ...
  }

  ...
}

sub something :Path
{
  my ($self, $c) = @_;

  # handle missing role case
  unless ($c->check_user_roles('editor')) {
    ...
  }

  ...
}

DESCRIPTION

This module implements the Catalyst::Authentication API using Catalyst::Model::DBI.

It uses DBI to let your application authenticate users against a database and it provides support for Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::Roles.

METHODS

new

find_user

for_session

from_session

user_supports

SEE ALSO

Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication

Catalyst::Model::DBI

Catalyst::Plugin::Authorization::Roles

AUTHOR

Simon Bertrang, <simon.bertrang@puzzworks.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008 PuzzWorks OHG, http://puzzworks.com/

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.