Basic Authentication with behat and symfony

12/07/2015 - BEHAT, SYMFONY

Basic authentication works with "symfony2" session which is defined in behat.yml file. For more info, click here. Example below uses in_memory style symfony security.yml file so login box pops up on the screen for user to login.


Security.yml


Based on the settings below, everyone can see the main page but only basic user can see page "/country" after login.


security:
    encoders:
        Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\User:
            algorithm: bcrypt
            cost: 12

    providers:
        in_memory:
            memory:
                users:
                    basic:
                        password: $2a$12$Mnp6eUx1AJ5YABwmprcu/OHo21klIpQ/PA7D7PdKx5SA4urdav6/e  #basic
                        roles: ROLE_USER

    firewalls:
        dev:
            pattern: ^/(_(profiler|wdt|error)|css|images|js)/
            security: false

        default:
            anonymous: ~
            http_basic: ~   #Pops up a login popup in browser

    role_hierarchy:
        ROLE_ADMIN: ROLE_USER

    access_control:
        - { path: ^/country, role: ROLE_USER }
        - { path: ^/, role: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY }

Behat.yml


default:
    extensions:
        Behat\Symfony2Extension: ~
        Behat\MinkExtension:
            base_url: http://football.local/app_test.php
            sessions:
                symfony2:
                    symfony2: ~
    suites:
        frontend:
            type: symfony_bundle
            bundle: ApplicationFrontendBundle
            mink_session: symfony2
            contexts:
                - Application\FrontendBundle\Features\Context\FeatureContext: ~

Feature file


Feature: Dummy feature

  Scenario: Home uri
    Given I am on "/"
    Then I should see "Welcome home"

  Scenario: Country uri
    Given I am authenticated with username "basic" password "basic"
    When I am on "/country"
    And I should see "Welcome to country"

FeatureContext


namespace Application\FrontendBundle\Features\Context;

use Behat\MinkExtension\Context\MinkContext;

class FeatureContext extends MinkContext implements KernelAwareContext
{
    /**
     * @Given /^I am authenticated with username "([^"]*)" password "([^"]*)"$/
     */
    public function iAmAuthenticatedWith($uid, $psw)
    {
        $this->getSession()->setBasicAuth($uid, $psw);
    }
}

Test


Inanzzz-MacBook-Pro:football inanzzz$ bin/behat --suite=frontend
Feature: Dummy feature

  Scenario: Home uri
    Given I am on "/"
    Then I should see "Welcome home"

  Scenario: Country uri
    Given I am authenticated with username "basic" password "basic"
    When I am on "/country"
    And I should see "Welcome to country"

2 scenarios (2 passed)
5 steps (5 passed)
0m0.53s (27.10Mb)

Headers


Non-authenticated



Authenticated