Doing a Http basic authentication in rails

Question

Hi I\'m from Grails background and new to Rails. I wish to do http basic authentication in rails.

I have a code in grails which does basic authentication like this:<

Answer 1

In Ruby on Rails 4 you can easily apply basic HTTP Authentication site wide or per controller depending on the context.

For example, if you need site wide authentication:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  http_basic_authenticate_with name: "admin", password: "hunter2"
end

Or on a per controller basis:

class CarsController < ApplicationController
  http_basic_authenticate_with name: "admin", password: "hunter2"
end