Authentication

In this recipe will have the authentication model set up.

Getting ready

Repeat all steps from the Creating a REST server recipe in Getting ready and How to do it sections.

How to do it...

1. Modify @app/controllers/FilmController to the following:

   <?php
   
       namespace app\controllers;
   
       use app\models\User;
       use Yii;
       use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;
       use yii\rest\ActiveController;
       use yii\filters\auth\HttpBasicAuth;
   
       class FilmController extends ActiveController
       {
           public $modelClass = 'app\models\Film';
   
           public function behaviors()
           {
               return ArrayHelper::merge(parent::behaviors(),[
                   'authenticator' => [
                   'authMethods' => [
                       'basicAuth' => [
                           'class' =>HttpBasicAuth::className(),
                           'auth' => function ($username,$password) {
                               $user =User::findByUsername($username);
   
                           ...