rabbah commented on a change in pull request #3388: Update require-whisk-auth behavior to secure web action URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk/pull/3388#discussion_r172498942
########## File path: core/controller/src/main/scala/whisk/core/controller/WebActions.scala ########## @@ -483,7 +483,29 @@ trait WhiskWebActionsApi extends Directives with ValidateRequestSize with PostAc provide(fullyQualifiedActionName(actionName)) { fullActionName => onComplete(verifyWebAction(fullActionName, onBehalfOf.isDefined)) { case Success((actionOwnerIdentity, action)) => - if (!action.annotations.getAs[Boolean]("web-custom-options").exists(identity)) { + // If the require-whisk-auth annotation is either an integer or a string, secure the web action by enforcing + // require-whisk-auth annotation value == request header x-require-whisk-auth value + // If the require-whisk-auth annotation is a boolean, skip the request header x-require-whisk-auth check + val requireWhiskHeaderAuthenticationFailed = action.annotations Review comment: can you refactor the handing of the auth string to a new method? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services