KIO::AuthInfo Class

Header: #include <AuthInfo>
CMake: find_package(KF6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS KIO)
target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE KF6::KIOCore)

Public Types

enum FieldFlags { ExtraFieldNoFlags, ExtraFieldReadOnly, ExtraFieldMandatory }

Public Functions

AuthInfo()
AuthInfo(const KIO::AuthInfo &info)
~AuthInfo()
QVariant getExtraField(const QString &fieldName) const
KIO::AuthInfo::FieldFlags getExtraFieldFlags(const QString &fieldName) const
bool isModified() const
void setExtraField(const QString &fieldName, const QVariant &value)
void setExtraFieldFlags(const QString &fieldName, const KIO::AuthInfo::FieldFlags flags)
void setModified(bool flag)
KIO::AuthInfo &operator=(const KIO::AuthInfo &info)

Public Variables

QString caption
QString comment
QString commentLabel
QString digestInfo
bool keepPassword
QString password
QString prompt
bool readOnly
QString realmValue
QUrl url
QString username
bool verifyPath

Static Public Members

Detailed Description

@class KIO::AuthInfo authinfo.h <KIO/AuthInfo>

This class is intended to make it easier to prompt for, cache and retrieve authorization information.

When using this class to cache, retrieve or prompt authentication information, you only need to set the necessary attributes. For example, to check whether a password is already cached, the only required information is the URL of the resource and optionally whether or not a path match should be performed. Similarly, to prompt for password you only need to optionally set the prompt, username (if already supplied), comment and commentLabel fields.

<em>SPECIAL NOTE:</em> If you extend this class to add additional parameters do not forget to overload the stream insertion and extraction operators ("<<" and ">>") so that the added data can be correctly serialized.

@short A two way messaging class for passing authentication information. @author Dawit Alemayehu <adawit@kde.org>

Member Type Documentation

enum AuthInfo::FieldFlags

Flags for extra fields

Member Function Documentation

AuthInfo::AuthInfo()

Default constructor.

AuthInfo::AuthInfo(const KIO::AuthInfo &info)

Copy constructor.

[noexcept] AuthInfo::~AuthInfo()

Destructor

QVariant AuthInfo::getExtraField(const QString &fieldName) const

Get Extra Field Value Check QVariant::isValid() to find out if the field exists.

KIO::AuthInfo::FieldFlags AuthInfo::getExtraFieldFlags(const QString &fieldName) const

Get Extra Field Flags

bool AuthInfo::isModified() const

Use this method to check if the object was modified. @return true if the object has been modified

[static] void AuthInfo::registerMetaTypes()

Register the meta-types for AuthInfo. This is called from AuthInfo's constructor but needed by daemons on the D-Bus such as kpasswdserver.

void AuthInfo::setExtraField(const QString &fieldName, const QVariant &value)

Set Extra Field Value. Currently supported extra-fields: "domain" (QString), "anonymous" (bool) Setting it to an invalid QVariant() will disable the field. Extra Fields are disabled by default.

void AuthInfo::setExtraFieldFlags(const QString &fieldName, const KIO::AuthInfo::FieldFlags flags)

Set Extra Field Flags

void AuthInfo::setModified(bool flag)

Use this method to indicate that this object has been modified. @param flag true to mark the object as modified, false to clear

See also isModified().

KIO::AuthInfo &AuthInfo::operator=(const KIO::AuthInfo &info)

Custom assignment operator.

Member Variable Documentation

QString AuthInfo::caption

The text to displayed in the title bar of the password prompting dialog.

@note If this field is not set, the authentication dialog simply displays the preset default caption.

This setting is @em optional and empty by default.

QString AuthInfo::comment

Additional comment to be displayed when prompting the user for authentication information.

This field allows you to display a short (no more than 80 characters) extra description in the password prompt dialog. For example, this field along with the commentLabel can be used to describe the server that requested the authentication:

Server:   Squid Proxy @ foo.com

where "Server:" is the commentLabel and the rest is the actual comment. Note that it is always better to use the @p commentLabel field as it will be placed properly in the dialog rather than to include it within the actual comment.

This setting is @em optional and empty by default.

QString AuthInfo::commentLabel

Descriptive label to be displayed in front of the comment when prompting the user for password.

This setting is @em optional and only applicable when the comment field is also set.

QString AuthInfo::digestInfo

Field to store any extra authentication information for protocols that need it.

This setting is @em optional and mostly applicable for HTTP protocol. However, any protocol can make use of it to store extra info.

bool AuthInfo::keepPassword

Flag to indicate the persistence of the given password.

This is a two-way flag, when set before calling openPasswordDialog it makes the "keep Password" check box visible to the user. In return the flag will indicate the state of the check box. By default if the flag is checked the password will be cached for the entire life of the current KDE session otherwise the cached password is deleted right after the application using it has been closed.

QString AuthInfo::password

This is @em required for caching.

QString AuthInfo::prompt

Information to be displayed when prompting the user for authentication information.

@note If this field is not set, the authentication dialog simply displays the preset default prompt.

This setting is @em optional and empty by default.

bool AuthInfo::readOnly

Flag which if set forces the username field to be read-only.

This setting is @em optional and false by default.

QString AuthInfo::realmValue

A unique identifier that allows caching of multiple passwords for different resources in the same server.

Mostly this setting is applicable to the HTTP protocol whose authentication scheme explicitly defines the use of such a unique key. However, any protocol that can generate or supply a unique id can effectively use it to distinguish passwords.

This setting is @em optional and not set by default.

QUrl AuthInfo::url

The URL for which authentication is to be stored.

This field is required when attempting to cache authorization and retrieve it. However, it is not needed when prompting the user for authorization info.

This setting is @em required except when prompting the user for password.

QString AuthInfo::username

This is @em required for caching.

bool AuthInfo::verifyPath

Flag that, if set, indicates whether a path match should be performed when requesting for cached authorization.

A path is deemed to be a match if it is equal to or is a subset of the cached path. For example, if stored path is "/foo/bar" and the request's path set to "/foo/bar/acme", then it is a match whereas it would not if the request's path was set to "/foo".

This setting is @em optional and false by default.