4 #include "string-list.h"
7 * The credentials API provides an abstracted way of gathering username and
8 * password credentials from the user.
14 * +-----------------------+
15 * | Git code (C) |--- to server requiring --->
17 * |.......................|
18 * | C credential API |--- prompt ---> User
19 * +-----------------------+
23 * +-----------------------+
24 * | Git credential helper |
25 * +-----------------------+
28 * The Git code (typically a remote-helper) will call the C API to obtain
29 * credential data like a login/password pair (credential_fill). The
30 * API will itself call a remote helper (e.g. "git credential-cache" or
31 * "git credential-store") that may retrieve credential data from a
32 * store. If the credential helper cannot find the information, the C API
33 * will prompt the user. Then, the caller of the API takes care of
34 * contacting the server, and does the actual authentication.
39 * The credential C API is meant to be called by Git code which needs to
40 * acquire or store a credential. It is centered around an object
41 * representing a single credential and provides three basic operations:
42 * fill (acquire credentials by calling helpers and/or prompting the user),
43 * approve (mark a credential as successfully used so that it can be stored
44 * for later use), and reject (mark a credential as unsuccessful so that it
45 * can be erased from any persistent storage).
50 * The example below shows how the functions of the credential API could be
51 * used to login to a fictitious "foo" service on a remote host:
53 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
54 * int foo_login(struct foo_connection *f)
57 * // Create a credential with some context; we don't yet know the
58 * // username or password.
60 * struct credential c = CREDENTIAL_INIT;
61 * c.protocol = xstrdup("foo");
62 * c.host = xstrdup(f->hostname);
64 * // Fill in the username and password fields by contacting
65 * // helpers and/or asking the user. The function will die if it
67 * credential_fill(&c);
69 * // Otherwise, we have a username and password. Try to use it.
71 * status = send_foo_login(f, c.username, c.password);
74 * // It worked. Store the credential for later use.
75 * credential_accept(&c);
78 * // Erase the credential from storage so we don't try it again.
79 * credential_reject(&c);
82 * // Some other error occurred. We don't know if the
83 * // credential is good or bad, so report nothing to the
84 * // credential subsystem.
87 * // Free any associated resources.
88 * credential_clear(&c);
92 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------
97 * This struct represents a single username/password combination
98 * along with any associated context. All string fields should be
99 * heap-allocated (or NULL if they are not known or not applicable).
100 * The meaning of the individual context fields is the same as
101 * their counterparts in the helper protocol.
103 * This struct should always be initialized with `CREDENTIAL_INIT` or
109 * A `string_list` of helpers. Each string specifies an external
110 * helper which will be run, in order, to either acquire or store
111 * credentials. This list is filled-in by the API functions
112 * according to the corresponding configuration variables before
113 * consulting helpers, so there usually is no need for a caller to
114 * modify the helpers field at all.
116 struct string_list helpers;
130 #define CREDENTIAL_INIT { STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP }
132 /* Initialize a credential structure, setting all fields to empty. */
133 void credential_init(struct credential *);
136 * Free any resources associated with the credential structure, returning
137 * it to a pristine initialized state.
139 void credential_clear(struct credential *);
142 * Instruct the credential subsystem to fill the username and
143 * password fields of the passed credential struct by first
144 * consulting helpers, then asking the user. After this function
145 * returns, the username and password fields of the credential are
146 * guaranteed to be non-NULL. If an error occurs, the function will
149 void credential_fill(struct credential *);
152 * Inform the credential subsystem that the provided credentials
153 * were successfully used for authentication. This will cause the
154 * credential subsystem to notify any helpers of the approval, so
155 * that they may store the result to be used again. Any errors
156 * from helpers are ignored.
158 void credential_approve(struct credential *);
161 * Inform the credential subsystem that the provided credentials
162 * have been rejected. This will cause the credential subsystem to
163 * notify any helpers of the rejection (which allows them, for
164 * example, to purge the invalid credentials from storage). It
165 * will also free() the username and password fields of the
166 * credential and set them to NULL (readying the credential for
167 * another call to `credential_fill`). Any errors from helpers are
170 void credential_reject(struct credential *);
172 int credential_read(struct credential *, FILE *);
173 void credential_write(const struct credential *, FILE *);
175 /* Parse a URL into broken-down credential fields. */
176 void credential_from_url(struct credential *, const char *url);
178 int credential_match(const struct credential *have,
179 const struct credential *want);
181 #endif /* CREDENTIAL_H */