#http://gist.github.com/159604 # Overload Clearance's `deny_access` methods to allow authentication with HTTP-Auth for eg. API access # Modeled after technoweenie's restful_authentication # http://github.com/technoweenie/restful-authentication/blob/7235d9150e8beb80a819923a4c871ef4069c6759/generators/authenticated/templates/authenticated_system.rb#L74-76 # # In lib/clearance_http_auth.rb module Clearance module Authentication module InstanceMethods def deny_access(flash_message = nil, opts = {}) store_location flash[:failure] = flash_message if flash_message respond_to do |format| format.html { redirect_to new_session_url } format.any(:json, :xml) do authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic('Pairwise API') do |login, password| @_current_user = ::User.authenticate(login, password) end end end end end end end