Spring boot security rest basic Authentication example
1. Maven dependency
pom.xml
<parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version> <relativePath /> </parent> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies>
2. Configure WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter
SecurityConfig.java
package com.howtodoinjava.rest.config; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration; import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder; import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity; import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter; @Configuration public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter { @Override protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception { http .csrf().disable() .authorizeRequests().anyRequest().authenticated() .and() .httpBasic(); } @Autowired public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception { auth.inMemoryAuthentication() .withUser("admin") .password("{noop}password") .roles("USER"); } }
3. Spring boot security rest basic authentication demo
3.1. REST API
EmployeeController.java
@RestController @RequestMapping(path = "/employees") public class EmployeeController { @Autowired private EmployeeDAO employeeDao; @GetMapping(path="/", produces = "application/json") public Employees getEmployees() { return employeeDao.getAllEmployees(); } }
3.2. Access rest api without ‘authorization’ header
get http://localhost:8080/employees/
3.3. Access rest api with ‘authorization’ header
HTTP GET http://localhost:8080/employees/ with header