Rails authentication from non-web interface

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi all,

I want to authenticate my mobile phone apps to my online Rails apps. What would be the best approach to do this? Can anybody give suggestion both on how I should do it in the mobile app and in the rails app?

Thank you very much for your help.

Kind regards, Joshua

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Hi Joshua,

Hi all,

I want to authenticate my mobile phone apps to my online Rails apps. What would be the best approach to do this? Can anybody give suggestion both on how I should do it in the mobile app and in the rails app?

I've got a similar situation with 2 apps, both Rails apps, where the one making the request uses the Ruby Net::HTTP library to send its requests, authenticating using BasicAuth inside SSL. The requests are made to a RESTful interface so the receiving Rails app doesn't distinguish, except in terms of the format of the response, between getting the request from a browser or an app.

HTH, Bill

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Hi Bill,

Thank you for the hint and explanation. That really helps. I will try from here. =)

Kind regards, Joshua.

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I'd set the rails app to accept http basic authorization over https, and have the mobile app store the user's password.

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Yeah, I am working on exactly similar project and using http basic auth over https. Though what is the best way to disable cookies and session management in rails as these are not required in the above approach.

Thanks Gopal