API Docs - Functions : auth

checkForScopeMatch	Checks whether the scopes of the user match the scopes of the resource.
extractUsernameAndPassword	Extracts the username and the password from the base64-encoded `username:password` value.
setAuthenticationContext	Sets the authentication-related values (scheme, auth token) to the authentication context of the invocation context.
setPrincipal	Sets the authentication-related values (user ID, username, scopes, claims) to the principal of the invocation context.

checkForScopeMatch

(string[] | string[][] resourceScopes, string[] userScopes, string authzCacheKey, Cache? positiveAuthzCache, Cache? negativeAuthzCache)

returns boolean

Checks whether the scopes of the user match the scopes of the resource.

Return Type
(boolean)
true if there is a match between the resource and user scopes or else false otherwise

(string credential)

returns [string, string] | Error

Extracts the username and the password from the base64-encoded username:password value.

 [string, string]|auth:Error [username, password] = auth:extractUsernameAndPassword("<credential>");

Return Type
([string, string] | Error)
A string tuple with the extracted username and password or else an auth:Error occurred while extracting credentials

(string scheme, string authToken)

Sets the authentication-related values (scheme, auth token) to the authentication context of the invocation context.

 auth:setAuthenticationContext("jwt", "<credential>");

(string? userId, string? username, string[]? scopes, map<any> claims)

Sets the authentication-related values (user ID, username, scopes, claims) to the principal of the invocation context.