NAME Authen::Simple::HTTP - Simple HTTP authentication SYNOPSIS use Authen::Simple::HTTP; my $http = Authen::Simple::HTTP->new( url => 'http://www.host.com/protected' ); if ( $http->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::HTTP PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleHTTP_url "http://www.host.com/protected" PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::HTTP AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user DESCRIPTION Authenticate against an HTTP server. METHODS * new This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid: * url Url to authenticate against. Required. url => 'http://www.host.com/protected' * agent Any object that is a subclass of LWP::UserAgent. agent => LWP::UserAgent->new; * log Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn". log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::HTTP') * authenticate( $username, $password ) Returns true on success and false on failure. SEE ALSO Authen::Simple. LWP::UserAgent. LWPx::ParanoidAgent. AUTHOR Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com" COPYRIGHT This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.