Add HTTP Basic Auth support

[klein0r]

Please add support for HTTP Basic authentication.
Just extract the user information from the auth header for validation.

[dadude86]

would be awesome

[mesche]

Authentication password via url parameter is not secure

[Apollon77]

@mesche hm ... with SSL it could be ... but still think about most do it home-network ...

[mesche]

Correct... but when I use the API with other systems (like Grafana for example), then I have to store the password in plain text.
--> not quite ideal ;-)

but thank your for your support and the development .. great work

[SirFlour]

@mesche How do you connect grafana with iobroker when auth is activated? i am trying with the grafana json plugin and iobroker simple api. it is working without auth activated, but when i activate it shows bad request. i can get value directly via url, so simple api is working. can you share your settings? many thanks and have a nice day

[mesche]

@mesche How do you connect grafana with iobroker when auth is activated? i am trying with the grafana json plugin and iobroker simple api. it is working without auth activated, but when i activate it shows bad request. i can get value directly via url, so simple api is working. can you share your settings? many thanks and have a nice day

Not at all! That's why I hope that the simple-api adapter supports this function soon.

Currently I have 2 instances of the simple-api adapter running. For Grafana without auth and only with read permissions of the data points

[SirFlour]

Ahhh now i understand you. Allright, your workaround with 2 instances is great. I will do one just for read and only available between the dockers containers. and the other one with auth and extra port.

i hope it can be added so that this workaround is not needed any more and simple-api gets better :)

[tommyMX]

Any progress here ?