/*
This file is part of libhttpserver
Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Sebastiano Merlino
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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*/
// basic_authentication.cpp - per-request HTTP Basic auth check inside a
// lambda handler. For centralized auth that intercepts every request,
// see centralized_authentication.cpp.
//
// SECURITY NOTE: Credentials MUST NOT be hardcoded in source code (CWE-798).
// This example loads BASIC_USER and BASIC_PASS from environment variables.
// Never reflect the password in the response body.
//
// Usage:
// export BASIC_USER=myuser BASIC_PASS=mysecretpassword
// ./basic_authentication
// curl -u myuser:mysecretpassword http://localhost:8080/hello
#include
#include
#include
#include
int main() {
const char* expected_user = std::getenv("BASIC_USER");
const char* expected_pass = std::getenv("BASIC_PASS");
if (!expected_user || !expected_pass) {
std::cerr