# Activeresource **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 29, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/144382 "2008-07-29T07:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/144382/1 "2008-07-29T07:17:17Z")
Can somebody explain how can we go throught the process of restful authentication via activeresource. I have gone through it but the concept is still vague for me. ---
**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/144382/2 "2008-07-29T14:14:22Z")
Use HTTP Basic authentication on the server providing the ActiveResources. You can set the credentials for accessing via HTTP Basic in ActiveResource. Ideally you’ll probably create a ‘base’ resource that has the credentials and site info and then inherit from that for the rest of your ARes classes. HTH, AndyV On Jul 29, 1:17 am, Bishal A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/144382/3 "2008-07-30T02:48:35Z")
Thanks for the response. I have been able to do http authentication by crateing a base resource but my requirements are such that I cannot make a base resource containing the site crediantials rather I have to dynamically assign the crediantials according to the users authentication…Can you suggest me how to do that ? I have to access the server resources by a remote client using activeresource but the remote client too has a client which provides crediantials to remote client instead to the server now If i create a static base resource in the remote client, I can only deal with one user i guess but condition demands me to make this process dynamic ? anu suggestions will be helpful. AndyV wrote: > Use HTTP Basic authentication on the server providing the > ActiveResources. You can set the credentials for accessing via HTTP > Basic in ActiveResource. Ideally you’ll probably create a ‘base’ > resource that has the credentials and site info and then inherit from > that for the rest of your ARes classes. > > HTH, > AndyV > > On Jul 29, 1:17�am, Bishal A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@bishal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bishal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activeresource/144382/4 "2008-07-30T11:33:50Z")
Bishal A. wrote: > I have been able to do http authentication by crateing a base resource > but my requirements are such that I cannot make a base resource > containing the site crediantials rather I have to dynamically assign the > crediantials according to the users authentication…Can you suggest > me how to do that ? I have to access the server resources by a remote > client using activeresource but the remote client too has a client which > provides crediantials to remote client instead to the server now If i > create a static base resource in the remote client, I can only deal with > one user i guess but condition demands me to make this process dynamic ? > anu suggestions will be helpful. If you use restful\_authentication then you can authenticate against any number of different users. Implement a role-based system on top of it with the appropriate filters in the RESTful controllers, and you’re set to go. – Roderick van Domburg > **[De domeinnaam Nedforce.nl is te koop.](http://www.nedforce.nl)** > > Deze mooie domeinnaam kan al over een paar minuten van jou zijn. Betalen gaat eenvoudig en vertrouwd via iDEAL. Direct na de betaling ontvang je de verhuiscode per e-mail en kun je aan de slag.