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How does the basic authentication module work in Drupal?
HTTP Basic Authentication overview. The Basic Auth module takes a username and password out of the request and authenticates them against Drupal. It implements the HTTP Basic protocol, in which the username and password are encoded and added to the Authorization header within the request.
How to expose the JSON API in Drupal?
Under Web Services group, select JSON:API Extras and HTTP Basic Authentication. Scroll down and click Install. JSON:API, JSON:API Extras : Enables an API server that implements the JSON:API specification and expose configuration options. Basic Auth (core module): Provides the HTTP Basic authentication provider.
How to expose REST APIs in Drupal Docs?
JSON:API, JSON:API Extras : Enables an API server that implements the JSON:API specification and expose configuration options. Basic Auth (core module): Provides the HTTP Basic authentication provider. Log in to your Drupal instance as an admin and navigate to Configuration > Web services > JSON:API.
How does the HTTP Basic authentication protocol work?
It implements the HTTP Basic protocol, in which the username and password are encoded and added to the Authorization header within the request. You can find further details about how it works at its section in Wikipedia. This module does not offer any user interface.
When do I use Cookie AUTH in Drupal?
Cookie Auth is on by default and will provide context (e.g. an Authored By User relationship) to a view that needs to know about the logged-in user. To have this context, the connecting client application needs to provide the session cookie. See the preceding Guzzle example for how to login and set that cookie in the client.
Is it possible to use basic Auth with views?
Basic auth is not possible with Views. Cookie Auth is on by default and will provide context (e.g. an Authored By User relationship) to a view that needs to know about the logged-in user. To have this context, the connecting client application needs to provide the session cookie.
How do I create a session in Drupal?
Using the response, identify the user in the users table, and create a session for that user without checking for the password (as it would mean double authentication). By default, Drupal sets a cookie with name of $insecure_session_name variable, and with value $sid.
How does the SSO server work in Drupal?
The SSO server will take the values, create a cookie, and drop it in main domain domain.com (to remind both my website and sso server are on sub domain of main domain, which too in not in Drupal). Then, the drupal site can log in by using that cookie.