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openvehicles · Jun 23, 2023 · 105e47c · 105e47c
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@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ We recommend the following:
   ApiHttpMqapi
   EOT
 
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+Authentication
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+Authentication is typically via username+password from the ovms_owners table. But that depends on what plugin you have configured to do it.
+The ApiHttpCore calls the overloaded plugin function 'Authenticate' to perform the authentication.
+
+You either need to use the supplied AuthDrupal plugin (which espects drupal style strongly hashed passwords in ovms_owners table),
+or write your own (registering and providing the 'Authenticate' function. You can use AuthDrupal as an example.
+
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