RESTSecurityInvoker Class

Security handler over the REST requests

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Attribute
    CMS.WebServices.RESTSecurityInvoker

Namespace: CMS.WebServices
Assembly: CMS.WebServices (in CMS.WebServices.dll) Version: 12.0.0

Syntax

public class RESTSecurityInvoker : Attribute, 
	IOperationBehavior, IOperationInvoker

The RESTSecurityInvoker type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
Public method	RESTSecurityInvoker

Fields

	Name	Description
Public field Static member	BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_TYPE	Basic authentication
Public field Static member	HASH_AUTHENTICATED_USERNAME	Constant to identify the hash authentication requirement

Properties

	Name	Description
Public property	DocumentAccessReadOnly	Indicates whether the access to the documents is read-only. If true, only GET requests are allowed.
Public property	IsSynchronous	Always true - we need synchronous behavior for authentication.
Public property	IsTranslation	Indicates whether the query is translation query.
Public property	ObjectAccessReadOnly	Indicates whether the access to the objects is read-only. If true, only GET requests are allowed.
Public property	RESTServiceEnabled	Indicates whether the REST service is enabled (in settings).
Public property	ServiceTypeEnabled	Gets the type of the service which is enabled (0 = Everything, 1 = Only objects, 2 = Only documents).

Methods

	Name	Description
Public method	AddBindingParameters	Not needed, remains empty, does nothing.
Public method	AllocateInputs	Calls AllocateInputs on the invoker.
Public method	ApplyClientBehavior	Not needed, remains empty, does nothing.
Public method	ApplyDispatchBehavior	Initializes the invoker.
Public method	AuthenticateUser	Authenticates the user according to authentication type setting.
Public method Static member	AuthenticateUserBasic	Authenticates the user using basic authentication.
Public method Static member	CheckHash	Checks hash parameter. Returns true if the parameter matches the requested URL. For request different from GET returns always false.
Public method Static member	GetUserName	Returns username of authenticated user.
Public method Static member	HandleRESTAuthentication	Handles necessary actions to provide proper REST authentication response
Public method	Invoke	Invokes the operation only when authentication went well.
Public method	InvokeBegin	Not implemented method.
Public method	InvokeEnd	Not implemented method.
Public method Static member	IsHashAuthenticated	Returns true if the request is GET and the hash parameter is present and matches the requested URL.
Public method	Validate	Not needed, remains empty, does nothing.