feat: basic auth without keeping a list of accounts #3562
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Hi,
while using gin I often wanted to use basic authentication that does not require me to save all available accounts to a map (Currently it is handled that way).
I wanted to be able to pass a username and password validator that directly "plugs into" gin.
Example:
I have a function that checks if a user and password combination is right.
It does not include any basic authentication specific code. Realm and authentication headers are hidden from the user of the library.
This function (of type UsernamePasswordValidator) can now be converted to a gin basic authentication middleware like so:
I added tests and refactored the current code so that it integrates seamlessly with this new behavior.
I hope you like it.
Thank you for this great library. It is a joy to use.