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authorVladimir Kobal <vlad@prokk.net>2021-08-04 16:26:27 +0300
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-08-04 16:26:27 +0300
commit416e9f4a4a4d5f395592f3aaa8212755bbb5851e (patch)
tree7d9a75930629decffa1b4aa2273c53c521f6e15f /exporting/json
parent9615d5eb21953da2893f70d69e3af66c66b45bae (diff)
Add HTTP basic authentication to some exporting connectors (#11394)
Diffstat (limited to 'exporting/json')
-rw-r--r--exporting/json/README.md7
-rw-r--r--exporting/json/json.c2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/exporting/json/README.md b/exporting/json/README.md
index a0f8472a01..7cce463e20 100644
--- a/exporting/json/README.md
+++ b/exporting/json/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ directory and set the following options:
```
Add `:http` or `:https` modifiers to the connector type if you need to use other than a plaintext protocol. For example: `json:http:my_json_instance`,
-`json:https:my_json_instance`.
+`json:https:my_json_instance`. You can set basic HTTP authentication credentials using
+
+```conf
+ username = my_username
+ password = my_password
+```
The JSON connector is further configurable using additional settings. See the [exporting reference
doc](/exporting/README.md#options) for details.
diff --git a/exporting/json/json.c b/exporting/json/json.c
index f2396bafa1..50278c5b82 100644
--- a/exporting/json/json.c
+++ b/exporting/json/json.c
@@ -352,10 +352,12 @@ void json_http_prepare_header(struct instance *instance)
simple_connector_data->last_buffer->header,
"POST /api/put HTTP/1.1\r\n"
"Host: %s\r\n"
+ "%s"
"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
"Content-Length: %lu\r\n"
"\r\n",
instance->config.destination,
+ simple_connector_data->auth_string ? simple_connector_data->auth_string : "",
buffer_strlen(simple_connector_data->last_buffer->buffer));
return;