AppController.j

@import <Foundation/CPObject.j>
@import "UserSessionController.j"


@implementation AppController : CPObject
{
    CPWindow    				mainWindow; //this "outlet" is connected automatically by the Cib
	CPMenu						mainMenu;
	CPView						contentView;
	CPToolbar					toolbar;
	CPToolbarItem				toolItemUserName;
	CPSearchField				searchField;
	CPTextField					labelUserName;
	CPString					test;
	
	UserSessionController		i_userSessionController;
}


- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(CPNotification)aNotification
{

}


- (void)awakeFromCib
{
	[CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:NO];
	toolbar = [[CPToolbar alloc] initWithIdentifier:"AppToolbar"];
	[toolbar setDelegate:self];
	[mainWindow setToolbar:toolbar];
	[toolbar setVisible:NO];
	[toolbar setVisible:NO];
    [mainWindow setFullBridge:YES];
	[labelUserName setStringValue:""];
	[toolbar toolbarItemDidChange:toolItemUserName];
	
	//check auth
	i_userSessionController = [[UserSessionController alloc] init];
	[i_userSessionController checkAuth:self];
	
	[[CPNotificationCenter defaultCenter ] 
      addObserver:self 
         selector:@selector(userNotAuthenticated:) 
             name:@"userNotAuthenticated"];
	[[CPNotificationCenter defaultCenter ] 
      addObserver:self 
         selector:@selector(userAuthenticated:) 
             name:@"userAuthenticated"];
}


- (void)userNotAuthenticated:(CPNotification)aNotification
{
	console.debug("User is not authenticated");
	[labelUserName setStringValue:""];
	[toolbar toolbarItemDidChange:toolItemUserName];
	[CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:NO];
	[toolbar setVisible:NO];
	[[i_userSessionController loginView] setFrame:[contentView bounds]];
	[contentView addSubview:[i_userSessionController loginView]];
}

- (void)userAuthenticated:(CPNotification)aNotification
{
    var userSessionContrller = [aNotification object];
    console.debug("User is authenticated " + [userSessionController userName]);
    [labelUserName setStringValue:[userSessionController userName] + @"("+[userSessionController firstName] + @" " + [userSessionController lastName]+ ")"];
	[toolbar toolbarItemDidChange:toolItemUserName];
	[[i_userSessionController loginView] removeFromSuperview];
	[CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:YES];
	[toolbar setVisible:YES];
}


-(void)userLogout:(id)sender
{
	[i_userSessionController doLogout:self];
}

- (CPToolbarItem)toolbar:(CPToolbar)aToolbar itemForItemIdentifier:(CPString)anItemIdentifier willBeInsertedIntoToolbar:(BOOL)aFlag
{
	if (anItemIdentifier == "toolItemUserName")
	{
		var customView = [[CPView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,200,20)];
		labelUserName = [[CPTextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,200,20)];
		searchField = [[CPSearchField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,20,200,32)];
		[labelUserName setStringValue:@""];
		[labelUserName setEditable:NO];
		[customView addSubview:labelUserName];
		[customView addSubview:searchField];

		toolItemUserName = [[CPToolbarItem alloc] initWithItemIdentifier:"toolItemUserName"];
		[toolItemUserName setView:customView];
		[toolItemUserName setLabel:@"Test"];
		[toolItemUserName setMinSize:CGSizeMake(200, 60)];
		[toolItemUserName setMaxSize:CGSizeMake(200, 60)];
		return toolItemUserName;
	}
}

-(CPArray)toolbarAllowedItemIdentifiers:(CPToolbar)aToolbar
{
   return ["toolItemUserName"];
}

-(CPArray)toolbarDefaultItemIdentifiers:(CPToolbar)aToolbar
{
   return ["toolItemUserName"];
}





@end

console output

Not Authenticated!
User is not authenticated
Loading CIB: Login.cib
Authenticated as: James Brink
User is authenticated null

UserSessionController.j

@implementation UserSessionController : CPObject
{
	CPTextField				login;
	CPSecureTextField		password;
	CPTextField				status;
	CPView					view;
	CPViewController		viewController;
	
	CPString				m_userName @accessors(property=userName);
	CPString				m_firstName @accessors(property=firstName);
	CPString				m_lastName @accessors(property=lastName);
}



-(void)awakeFromCib
{
	[status setStringValue:@""];
}

//returns the login view
-(CPViewController)loginView
{
	if (viewController == nil)
	{
		viewController = [[CPViewController alloc] initWithCibName:@"Login" bundle:nil];
		console.debug("Loading CIB: Login.cib");
		return [viewController view];
	}
	else
	{
		return [viewController view];
	}
}

//Called to see if we are authenticated or not
-(void)checkAuth:(id)sender
{
	var request = [[CPURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[CPURL URLWithString: @"/user_sessions/authenticated"]];
	[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
	[CPURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];
}


-(void)doLogin:(id)sender
{
	var UserSession = {
		"user_session" : {
			"login" : [login objectValue],
			"password" : [password objectValue],
			"remember_me" : false
		}
	};
	
	var request = [[CPURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[CPURL URLWithString: @"/user_sessions"]];
	[request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
	[request setHTTPBody:[CPString JSONFromObject:UserSession]];
	response = [CPURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];
}

-(void)doLogout:(id)sender
{
	var request = [[CPURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:[CPURL URLWithString: @"/logout"]];
	[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
	[request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
	[CPURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];
}

-(void)doHelp:(id)sender
{

}


//handle post response here
- (void)connection:(CPURLConnection) connection didReceiveData:(CPString)data
{
	var result = JSON.parse(data);
	if (result.auth)
	{
		console.debug("Authenticated as: " + result.first_name + " " + result.last_name);
		[self setFirstName:result.first_name];
		[self setLastName:result.last_name];
		[self setUserName:result.user_name];
		console.debug("Authenticated as: " + [self userName]);
		[login setStringValue:@""];
		[password setStringValue:@""];
		[status setStringValue:@""];
		[[CPNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"userAuthenticated" object:self];
		
	}
	else
	{
		console.debug("Not Authenticated!");
		[status setStringValue:@"Authentication Failure!"];
		[[CPNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"userNotAuthenticated" object:self];

	}
	
}


@end