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summary: HTTP Authentication using custom JSON protocol

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Introduction

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To authenticate users, this module does a `POST` request to a configured

URL with a JSON payload. It is not async so requests block the server

until answered.

Configuration

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``` lua

VirtualHost "example.com"

authentication = "custom_http"

auth_custom_http = {

  post_url = "http://api.example.com/auth";

}

```

Protocol

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The JSON payload consists of an object with `username` and `password`

members:

    {"username":"john","password":"secr1t"}

The module expects the response body to be exactly `true` if the

username and password are correct.