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// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
// Copyright 2016-2025 Hristo Gochkov, Mathieu Carbou, Emil Muratov
//
// Authentication and authorization middlewares
//
#include <Arduino.h>
#ifdef ESP32
#include <AsyncTCP.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#elif defined(ESP8266)
#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <ESPAsyncTCP.h>
#elif defined(TARGET_RP2040) || defined(TARGET_RP2350) || defined(PICO_RP2040) || defined(PICO_RP2350)
#include <RPAsyncTCP.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#endif
#include <ESPAsyncWebServer.h>
static AsyncWebServer server(80);
// basicAuth
static AsyncAuthenticationMiddleware basicAuth;
static AsyncAuthenticationMiddleware basicAuthHash;
// simple digest authentication
static AsyncAuthenticationMiddleware digestAuth;
static AsyncAuthenticationMiddleware digestAuthHash;
// complex authentication which adds request attributes for the next middlewares and handler
static AsyncMiddlewareFunction complexAuth([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request, ArMiddlewareNext next) {
if (!request->authenticate("user", "password")) {
return request->requestAuthentication();
}
// add attributes to the request for the next middlewares and handler
request->setAttribute("user", "Mathieu");
request->setAttribute("role", "staff");
if (request->hasParam("token")) {
request->setAttribute("token", request->getParam("token")->value().c_str());
}
next();
});
static AsyncAuthorizationMiddleware authz([](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
return request->getAttribute("token") == "123";
});
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
#ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32H2
WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
WiFi.softAP("esp-captive");
#endif
// basic authentication
basicAuth.setUsername("admin");
basicAuth.setPassword("admin");
basicAuth.setRealm("MyApp");
basicAuth.setAuthFailureMessage("Authentication failed");
basicAuth.setAuthType(AsyncAuthType::AUTH_BASIC);
basicAuth.generateHash(); // precompute hash (optional but recommended)
// basic authentication with hash
basicAuthHash.setUsername("admin");
basicAuthHash.setPasswordHash("YWRtaW46YWRtaW4="); // BASE64(admin:admin)
basicAuthHash.setRealm("MyApp");
basicAuthHash.setAuthFailureMessage("Authentication failed");
basicAuthHash.setAuthType(AsyncAuthType::AUTH_BASIC);
// digest authentication
digestAuth.setUsername("admin");
digestAuth.setPassword("admin");
digestAuth.setRealm("MyApp");
digestAuth.setAuthFailureMessage("Authentication failed");
digestAuth.setAuthType(AsyncAuthType::AUTH_DIGEST);
digestAuth.generateHash(); // precompute hash (optional but recommended)
// digest authentication with hash
digestAuthHash.setUsername("admin");
digestAuthHash.setPasswordHash("f499b71f9a36d838b79268e145e132f7"); // MD5(user:realm:pass)
digestAuthHash.setRealm("MyApp");
digestAuthHash.setAuthFailureMessage("Authentication failed");
digestAuthHash.setAuthType(AsyncAuthType::AUTH_DIGEST);
// basic authentication method
// curl -v -u admin:admin http://192.168.4.1/auth-basic
server
.on(
"/auth-basic", HTTP_GET,
[](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
request->send(200, "text/plain", "Hello, world!");
}
)
.addMiddleware(&basicAuth);
// basic authentication method with hash
// curl -v -u admin:admin http://192.168.4.1/auth-basic-hash
server
.on(
"/auth-basic-hash", HTTP_GET,
[](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
request->send(200, "text/plain", "Hello, world!");
}
)
.addMiddleware(&basicAuthHash);
// digest authentication
// curl -v -u admin:admin --digest http://192.168.4.1/auth-digest
server
.on(
"/auth-digest", HTTP_GET,
[](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
request->send(200, "text/plain", "Hello, world!");
}
)
.addMiddleware(&digestAuth);
// digest authentication with hash
// curl -v -u admin:admin --digest http://192.168.4.1/auth-digest-hash
server
.on(
"/auth-digest-hash", HTTP_GET,
[](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
request->send(200, "text/plain", "Hello, world!");
}
)
.addMiddleware(&digestAuthHash);
// test digest auth custom authorization middleware
// curl -v --digest -u user:password http://192.168.4.1/auth-custom?token=123 => OK
// curl -v --digest -u user:password http://192.168.4.1/auth-custom?token=456 => 403
// curl -v --digest -u user:FAILED http://192.168.4.1/auth-custom?token=456 => 401
server
.on(
"/auth-custom", HTTP_GET,
[](AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
String buffer = "Hello ";
buffer.concat(request->getAttribute("user"));
buffer.concat(" with role: ");
buffer.concat(request->getAttribute("role"));
request->send(200, "text/plain", buffer);
}
)
.addMiddlewares({&complexAuth, &authz});
server.begin();
}
// not needed
void loop() {
delay(100);
}
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