Authentication Problem

[koileLab]

Hey,
I tried this with the same device.
[Edit: moved /dev/input/eventN-Thing to an own issue #https://github.com//issues/2]

But the https://github.com/sbender9/signalk-anchoralarm-plugin Log just returned a 401 Error

There might be some layer of Authentication I don't get...
https://signalk.org/specification/1.3.0/doc/security.html

[bergie]

Do you have security enabled on Signal K? I haven't tested the software with that. But would be very happy to help you figure that one out, or to get a PR adding that feature

[koileLab]

I have it up running!
I came from a fresh install of Signalk via Openplotter2 stable. I can't see the security option signalk nor in the security.json. @sbender9 mentioned in signalk slack the posibility to exclude it in the security.json, mine looks like

{

  "allow_readonly": true,
  "expiration": "1d",
  "allowNewUserRegistration": true,
  "allowDeviceAccessRequests": true,
  "users": [
    {
      "username": "Alice",
      "type": "admin",
      "password": "12345678"
    }
  ],
  "devices": [],
  "secretKey": "12345678"
}

Changingallow_readonly": true to false just changed the style of the 401...

We changed the listener.py to handle the authentification

...
dev = InputDevice('/dev/input/event0')
print("Connected to button")

session = requests.Session()

clicks = 0
timer = None
def count_clicks():
    global clicks, timer
    session.post('http://localhost:3000/signalk/v1/auth/login', data={'username': 'Alice', 'password': '12345678'})
    if clicks > 1:
        print("Double click, raise anchor")
        response = session.post('http://localhost:3000/plugins/anchoralarm/raiseAnchor', data = {})
        print(response.text)
    else:
        print("Click, drop anchor")
        response = session.post('http://localhost:3000/plugins/anchoralarm/dropAnchor', data = {})
        print(response.text)
    clicks = 0
    timer = None
...

What are the chnages:

• Change r to response for a better overview ;)
• Added in the global layer a Session Thingi for handling the Authetification by Cockies acording to Signalk Specs
• We added a login in the routine via session.post('http://localhost:3000/signalk/v1/auth/login', data={'username': 'Alice', 'password': '12345678'})
• In generel it would be also possible or even recommended(?) to do it with a token vor not having the pwd hardcoded in the script...