faye server with basic access authentication

README.md

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Add the gem to your Gemfile and run the `bundle` command to install it.
 
 ```ruby
 gem "private_pub"
+
+# If your faye-server is protected with basic access authentication you can use my fork
+# go to the configuration part to get details 
+gem 'private_pub', :git => 'git://github.com/svenhedin/private_pub.git'
+
+
 ```
 
 Run the generator to create the initial files.
@@ -108,6 +114,15 @@ The configuration is set separately for each environment in the generated `confi
 * `server`: The URL to use for the Faye server such as `http://localhost:9292/faye`.
 * `secret_token`: A secret hash to secure the server. Can be any string.
 * `signature_expiration`: The length of time in seconds before a subscription signature expires. If this is not set there is no expiration. Note: if Faye is on a separate server from the Rails app, the system clocks must be in sync for the expiration to work properly.
+* `basic_auth`: If your faye server is protected with basic access authentication credentials, you have to set the right credentials in your `config/private_pub.yml` file. Remove the basic_auth yaml-block if not necessary...
+
+```yaml
+production:
+  # ...
+  basic_auth: 
+    user: 'user'
+    password: 'pass'
+```
 
 
 ## How It Works

lib/generators/private_pub/templates/private_pub.yml

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ production:
   server: "http://example.com/faye"
   secret_token: "<%= defined?(SecureRandom) ? SecureRandom.hex(32) : ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(32) %>"
   signature_expiration: 3600 # one hour
+  # basic_auth: 
+  #   user: 'user'
+  #   password: 'pass'

lib/private_pub.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ def publish_message(message)
 
       form = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path.empty? ? '/' : url.path)
       form.set_form_data(:message => message.to_json)
+      raise Error, "No user or password for basic_auth is 
+        specified. If you dont want basic access authentication 
+        remove basic_auth from private_pub.yml." if config[:basic_auth] and (config[:basic_auth]['user'].nil? or config[:basic_auth]['password'].nil?)
+      form.basic_auth(config[:basic_auth]['user'], config[:basic_auth]['password']) if config[:basic_auth]
 
       http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
       http.use_ssl = url.scheme == "https"