[Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] authenticating over XML-RPC to implement the Blogger API

[Chris McDonough]

Yes, I think this is the right thing to do.  Override identify and pull the
"username" and "password" elements out of the form elements in REQUEST.  Or
at least that sounds good. ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Sain" <njsain@antler.oursc.k12.ar.us>
To: <chrism@zope.com>; <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: [Zope-dev] Re: [Zope] authenticating over XML-RPC to implement the
Blogger API


> > I don't think basic auth is going to cut it.  The API wants username
> > and password to be passed as arguments.  Probably need to hack a user
> > folder implementation.
> Chris,
> Sorry for not listing this as an option in my previous mail, I meant that
> I had two options forusing existing user folders, but my brain was not
working correctly after
> my 1 hour commuteto work :).   I looked at AccessControl/User.py and it
looks like one
> could modify theidentify function to grab the username,password from the
arguments.  Do
> most user foldersget this function through a subclassing?
> --
>
> Nathan Sain
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