#ifndef CREDENTIAL_H #define CREDENTIAL_H #include "string-list.h" /** * The credentials API provides an abstracted way of gathering username and * password credentials from the user. * * Typical setup * ------------- * * ------------ * +-----------------------+ * | Git code (C) |--- to server requiring ---> * | | authentication * |.......................| * | C credential API |--- prompt ---> User * +-----------------------+ * ^ | * | pipe | * | v * +-----------------------+ * | Git credential helper | * +-----------------------+ * ------------ * * The Git code (typically a remote-helper) will call the C API to obtain * credential data like a login/password pair (credential_fill). The * API will itself call a remote helper (e.g. "git credential-cache" or * "git credential-store") that may retrieve credential data from a * store. If the credential helper cannot find the information, the C API * will prompt the user. Then, the caller of the API takes care of * contacting the server, and does the actual authentication. * * C API * ----- * * The credential C API is meant to be called by Git code which needs to * acquire or store a credential. It is centered around an object * representing a single credential and provides three basic operations: * fill (acquire credentials by calling helpers and/or prompting the user), * approve (mark a credential as successfully used so that it can be stored * for later use), and reject (mark a credential as unsuccessful so that it * can be erased from any persistent storage). * * Example * ~~~~~~~ * * The example below shows how the functions of the credential API could be * used to login to a fictitious "foo" service on a remote host: * * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * int foo_login(struct foo_connection *f) * { * int status; * // Create a credential with some context; we don't yet know the * // username or password. * * struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT; * c.protocol = xstrdup("foo"); * c.host = xstrdup(f->hostname); * * // Fill in the username and password fields by contacting * // helpers and/or asking the user. The function will die if it * // fails. * credential_fill(&c); * * // Otherwise, we have a username and password. Try to use it. * * status = send_foo_login(f, c.username, c.password); * switch (status) { * case FOO_OK: * // It worked. Store the credential for later use. * credential_accept(&c); * break; * case FOO_BAD_LOGIN: * // Erase the credential from storage so we don't try it again. * credential_reject(&c); * break; * default: * // Some other error occurred. We don't know if the * // credential is good or bad, so report nothing to the * // credential subsystem. * } * * // Free any associated resources. * credential_clear(&c); * * return status; * } * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /** * This struct represents a single username/password combination * along with any associated context. All string fields should be * heap-allocated (or NULL if they are not known or not applicable). * The meaning of the individual context fields is the same as * their counterparts in the helper protocol. * * This struct should always be initialized with `CREDENTIAL_INIT` or * `credential_init`. */ struct credential { /** * A `string_list` of helpers. Each string specifies an external * helper which will be run, in order, to either acquire or store * credentials. This list is filled-in by the API functions * according to the corresponding configuration variables before * consulting helpers, so there usually is no need for a caller to * modify the helpers field at all. */ struct string_list helpers; unsigned approved:1, configured:1, quit:1, use_http_path:1, username_from_proto:1; char *username; char *password; char *protocol; char *host; char *path; }; #define CREDENTIAL_INIT { \ .helpers = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \ } /* Initialize a credential structure, setting all fields to empty. */ void credential_init(struct credential *); /** * Free any resources associated with the credential structure, returning * it to a pristine initialized state. */ void credential_clear(struct credential *); /** * Instruct the credential subsystem to fill the username and * password fields of the passed credential struct by first * consulting helpers, then asking the user. After this function * returns, the username and password fields of the credential are * guaranteed to be non-NULL. If an error occurs, the function will * die(). */ void credential_fill(struct credential *); /** * Inform the credential subsystem that the provided credentials * were successfully used for authentication. This will cause the * credential subsystem to notify any helpers of the approval, so * that they may store the result to be used again. Any errors * from helpers are ignored. */ void credential_approve(struct credential *); /** * Inform the credential subsystem that the provided credentials * have been rejected. This will cause the credential subsystem to * notify any helpers of the rejection (which allows them, for * example, to purge the invalid credentials from storage). It * will also free() the username and password fields of the * credential and set them to NULL (readying the credential for * another call to `credential_fill`). Any errors from helpers are * ignored. */ void credential_reject(struct credential *); int credential_read(struct credential *, FILE *); void credential_write(const struct credential *, FILE *); /* * Parse a url into a credential struct, replacing any existing contents. * * If the url can't be parsed (e.g., a missing "proto://" component), the * resulting credential will be empty and the function will return an * error (even in the "gently" form). * * If we encounter a component which cannot be represented as a credential * value (e.g., because it contains a newline), the "gently" form will return * an error but leave the broken state in the credential object for further * examination. The non-gentle form will issue a warning to stderr and return * an empty credential. */ void credential_from_url(struct credential *, const char *url); int credential_from_url_gently(struct credential *, const char *url, int quiet); int credential_match(const struct credential *want, const struct credential *have); #endif /* CREDENTIAL_H */