Authenticating to Rails API using authenticate_or_request_with_http_token

[natebird]

The sample code in the readme

def call(env)
  env[:request_headers]["X-API-Token"] = @options[:token] if @options.include?(:token)
  @app.call(env)
end

produces the following header: "X-API-TOKEN"=>"bb2b2dd75413d3"

Using the built-in Rails token authentication method (authenticate_or_request_with_http_token) it needs to come in like this: "HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"=>"Token token=\"bb2b2dd75413d3\"".

Am I missing anything or how can I change the sent header?

[remi]

It’s just some non-Rails specific sample code :) The X-API-Token is an arbitrary value. If you want to send the specified header, you can use this:

def call(env)
  env[:request_headers]["HTTP_AUTHORIZATION"] = "Token: token=\"#{@options[:token]}\"" if @options.include?(:token)
  @app.call(env)
end

It should work!

[natebird]

Ahh. Of course it is that easy. Thanks for the quick response.