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Created November 6, 2013 00:29
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Rails 4 Basic Auth via ENV variable. Add this to your ApplicationController. Set the BASIC_AUTH ENV variable to enable.
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basic_authenticate.rb
before_filter :authenticate
protected
def authenticate
return true unless ENV['BASIC_AUTH']
authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
username == "" && password == ENV['BASIC_AUTH']
end
end
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