feat: token authentication (#3927)

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ Officially hosted instance: https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/
 
 IRC channel #rssbridge at https://libera.chat/
 
+[Full documentation](https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/index.html)
+
+Alternatively find another
+[public instance](https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/General/Public_Hosts.html).
+
+Requires minimum PHP 7.4.
+
 
 [![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-UNLICENSE-blue.svg)](UNLICENSE)
 [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/rss-bridge/rss-bridge.svg?logo=github)](https://github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge/releases/latest)
@@ -44,15 +51,6 @@ IRC channel #rssbridge at https://libera.chat/
 * `YoutubeBridge`: [Fetches videos by username/channel/playlist/search](https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/#bridge-YoutubeBridge)
 * `YouTubeCommunityTabBridge`: [Fetches posts from a channel's community tab](https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/#bridge-YouTubeCommunityTabBridge)
 
-[Full documentation](https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/index.html)
-
-Check out RSS-Bridge right now on https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/
-
-Alternatively find another
-[public instance](https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/General/Public_Hosts.html).
-
-Requires minimum PHP 7.4.
-
 ## Tutorial
 
 ### How to install on traditional shared web hosting
@@ -259,6 +257,14 @@ Learn more in
 
 ## How-to
 
+### How to password-protect the instance (token)
+
+Modify `config.ini.php`:
+
+    [authentication]
+
+    token = "hunter2"
+
 ### How to remove all cache items
 
 As current user:
@@ -332,8 +338,6 @@ Learn more in [bridge api](https://rss-bridge.github.io/rss-bridge/Bridge_API/in
 
 ### How to enable all bridges
 
-Modify `config.ini.php`:
-
     enabled_bridges[] = *
 
 ### How to enable some bridges
@@ -390,9 +394,7 @@ Modify `report_limit` so that an error must occur 3 times before it is reported.
 
 The report count is reset to 0 each day.
 
-### How to password-protect the instance
-
-HTTP basic access authentication:
+### How to password-protect the instance (HTTP Basic Auth)
 
     [authentication]
 

actions/DisplayAction.php

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class DisplayAction implements ActionInterface
             $bridge->loadConfiguration();
             // Remove parameters that don't concern bridges
             $remove = [
+                'token',
                 'action',
                 'bridge',
                 'format',

actions/FrontpageAction.php

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ final class FrontpageAction implements ActionInterface
 {
     public function execute(Request $request)
     {
-        $showInactive = (bool) $request->get('show_inactive');
-
         $messages = [];
         $activeBridges = 0;
 
@@ -22,10 +20,8 @@ final class FrontpageAction implements ActionInterface
         $body = '';
         foreach ($bridgeClassNames as $bridgeClassName) {
             if ($bridgeFactory->isEnabled($bridgeClassName)) {
-                $body .= BridgeCard::render($bridgeClassName);
+                $body .= BridgeCard::render($bridgeClassName, $request);
                 $activeBridges++;
-            } elseif ($showInactive) {
-                $body .= BridgeCard::render($bridgeClassName, false) . "\n";
             }
         }
 
@@ -37,7 +33,6 @@ final class FrontpageAction implements ActionInterface
             'bridges' => $body,
             'active_bridges' => $activeBridges,
             'total_bridges' => count($bridgeClassNames),
-            'show_inactive' => $showInactive,
         ]);
     }
 }

actions/SetBridgeCacheAction.php

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-class SetBridgeCacheAction implements ActionInterface
-{
-    private CacheInterface $cache;
-
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        $this->cache = RssBridge::getCache();
-    }
-
-    public function execute(Request $request)
-    {
-        $requestArray = $request->toArray();
-
-        // Authentication
-        $accessTokenInConfig = Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'access_token');
-        if (!$accessTokenInConfig) {
-            return new Response('Access token is not set in this instance', 403, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-        if (isset($requestArray['access_token'])) {
-            $accessTokenGiven = $requestArray['access_token'];
-        } else {
-            $header = trim($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ?? '');
-            $position = strrpos($header, 'Bearer ');
-            if ($position !== false) {
-                $accessTokenGiven = substr($header, $position + 7);
-            } else {
-                $accessTokenGiven = '';
-            }
-        }
-        if (!$accessTokenGiven) {
-            return new Response('No access token given', 403, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-        if (! hash_equals($accessTokenInConfig, $accessTokenGiven)) {
-            return new Response('Incorrect access token', 403, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-
-        // Begin actual work
-        $key = $requestArray['key'] ?? null;
-        if (!$key) {
-            return new Response('You must specify key', 400, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-
-        $bridgeFactory = new BridgeFactory();
-
-        $bridgeName = $requestArray['bridge'] ?? null;
-        $bridgeClassName = $bridgeFactory->createBridgeClassName($bridgeName);
-        if (!$bridgeClassName) {
-            return new Response(sprintf('Bridge not found: %s', $bridgeName), 400, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-
-        // whitelist control
-        if (!$bridgeFactory->isEnabled($bridgeClassName)) {
-            return new Response('This bridge is not whitelisted', 401, ['content-type' => 'text/plain']);
-        }
-
-        $bridge = $bridgeFactory->create($bridgeClassName);
-        $bridge->loadConfiguration();
-        $value = $requestArray['value'];
-
-        $cacheKey = get_class($bridge) . '_' . $key;
-        $ttl = 86400 * 3;
-        $this->cache->set($cacheKey, $value, $ttl);
-
-        return new Response('done', 200, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain']);
-    }
-}

config.default.ini.php

@@ -102,21 +102,13 @@ by_bridge = false
 
 [authentication]
 
-; Enables basic authentication for all requests to this RSS-Bridge instance.
-;
-; Warning: You'll have to upgrade existing feeds after enabling this option!
-;
-; true  = enabled
-; false = disabled (default)
+; HTTP basic authentication
 enable = false
-
 username = "admin"
-
-; The password cannot be the empty string if authentication is enabled.
 password = ""
 
-; This will be used only for actions that require privileged access
-access_token = ""
+; Token authentication (URL)
+token = ""
 
 [error]
 

lib/BridgeCard.php

@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
 
 final class BridgeCard
 {
-    /**
-     * Render bridge card
-     *
-     * @param class-string<BridgeAbstract> $bridgeClassName The bridge name
-     * @param bool $isActive Indicates if the bridge is active or not
-     * @return string The bridge card
-     */
-    public static function render($bridgeClassName, $isActive = true)
+    public static function render(string $bridgeClassName, Request $request): string
     {
         $bridgeFactory = new BridgeFactory();
 
@@ -47,19 +40,21 @@ final class BridgeCard
 
             <h2><a href="{$uri}">{$name}</a></h2>
             <p class="description">{$description}</p>
+
             <input type="checkbox" class="showmore-box" id="showmore-{$bridgeClassName}" />
             <label class="showmore" for="showmore-{$bridgeClassName}">Show more</label>
 
 
         CARD;
 
-        // If we don't have any parameter for the bridge, we print a generic form to load it.
+        $token = $request->attribute('token');
+
         if (count($contexts) === 0) {
             // The bridge has zero parameters
-            $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, $isActive);
+            $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, '', [], $token);
         } elseif (count($contexts) === 1 && array_key_exists('global', $contexts)) {
             // The bridge has a single context with key 'global'
-            $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, $isActive, '', $contexts['global']);
+            $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, '', $contexts['global'], $token);
         } else {
             // The bridge has one or more contexts (named or unnamed)
             foreach ($contexts as $contextName => $contextParameters) {
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ final class BridgeCard
                     $card .= '<h5>' . $contextName . '</h5>' . PHP_EOL;
                 }
 
-                $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, $isActive, $contextName, $contextParameters);
+                $card .= self::renderForm($bridgeClassName, $contextName, $contextParameters, $token);
             }
         }
 
@@ -99,17 +94,21 @@ final class BridgeCard
 
     private static function renderForm(
         string $bridgeClassName,
-        bool $isActive = false,
-        string $contextName = '',
-        array $contextParameters = []
+        string $contextName,
+        array $contextParameters,
+        ?string $token
     ) {
         $form = <<<EOD
-        <form method="GET" action="?">
+        <form method="GET" action="?" class="bridge-form">
             <input type="hidden" name="action" value="display" />
             <input type="hidden" name="bridge" value="{$bridgeClassName}" />
-
         EOD;
 
+        if ($token) {
+            // todo: maybe escape the token?
+            $form .= sprintf('<input type="hidden" name="token" value="%s" />', $token);
+        }
+
         if (!empty($contextName)) {
             $form .= sprintf('<input type="hidden" name="context" value="%s" />', $contextName);
         }
@@ -167,11 +166,7 @@ final class BridgeCard
             $form .= '</div>';
         }
 
-        if ($isActive) {
-            $form .= '<button type="submit" name="format" formtarget="_blank" value="Html">Generate feed</button>';
-        } else {
-            $form .= '<span style="font-weight: bold;">Inactive</span>';
-        }
+        $form .= '<button type="submit" name="format" formtarget="_blank" value="Html">Generate feed</button>';
 
         return $form . '</form>' . PHP_EOL;
     }

lib/RssBridge.php

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ final class RssBridge
             ]), 503);
         }
 
+        // HTTP Basic auth check
         if (Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'enable')) {
             if (Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'password') === '') {
                 return new Response('The authentication password cannot be the empty string', 500);
@@ -71,6 +72,23 @@ final class RssBridge
             // At this point the username and password was correct
         }
 
+        // Add token as attribute to request
+        $request = $request->withAttribute('token', $request->get('token'));
+
+        // Token authentication check
+        if (Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'token')) {
+            if (! $request->attribute('token')) {
+                return new Response(render(__DIR__ . '/../templates/token.html.php', [
+                    'message' => '',
+                ]), 401);
+            }
+            if (! hash_equals(Configuration::getConfig('authentication', 'token'), $request->attribute('token'))) {
+                return new Response(render(__DIR__ . '/../templates/token.html.php', [
+                    'message' => 'Invalid token',
+                ]), 401);
+            }
+        }
+
         $action = $request->get('action', 'Frontpage');
         $actionName = strtolower($action) . 'Action';
         $actionName = implode(array_map('ucfirst', explode('-', $actionName)));

lib/http.php

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ final class Request
 {
     private array $get;
     private array $server;
+    private array $attributes;
 
     private function __construct()
     {
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ final class Request
         $self = new self();
         $self->get = $_GET;
         $self->server = $_SERVER;
+        $self->attributes = [];
         return $self;
     }
 
@@ -200,6 +202,18 @@ final class Request
         return $this->server[$key] ?? $default;
     }
 
+    public function withAttribute(string $name, $value = true): self
+    {
+        $clone = clone $this;
+        $clone->attributes[$name] = $value;
+        return $clone;
+    }
+
+    public function attribute(string $key, $default = null)
+    {
+        return $this->attributes[$key] ?? $default;
+    }
+
     public function toArray(): array
     {
         return $this->get;

static/connectivity.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function buildTable(bridgeList) {
 
 		// Link to the actual bridge on frontpage
 		var a = document.createElement('a');
-		a.href = remote + "/?show_inactive=1#bridge-" + bridge;
+		a.href = remote + "/?#bridge-" + bridge;
 		a.target = '_blank';
 		a.innerText = '[Show]';
 		a.style.marginLeft = '5px';

static/style.css

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ p.maintainer {
 }
 
 /* Hide all forms on the frontpage by default */
-form {
+form.bridge-form {
     display: none;
 }
 

templates/base.html.php

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     <title><?= e($_title ?? 'RSS-Bridge') ?></title>
     <link href="static/style.css?2023-03-24" rel="stylesheet">
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="static/favicon.png">
+
+    <script src="static/rss-bridge.js"></script>
 </head>
 
 <body>

templates/frontpage.html.php

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<script src="static/rss-bridge.js"></script>
+
 <script>
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', rssbridge_toggle_bridge);
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', rssbridge_list_search);
@@ -42,20 +42,6 @@
 
     <?= $active_bridges ?>/<?= $total_bridges ?> active bridges.<br>
 
-    <?php if ($active_bridges !== $total_bridges): ?>
-        <?php if ($show_inactive): ?>
-            <a href="?show_inactive=0">
-                <button class="small">Hide inactive bridges</button>
-            </a>
-            <br>
-        <?php else: ?>
-            <a href="?show_inactive=1">
-                <button class="small">Show inactive bridges</button>
-            </a>
-            <br>
-        <?php endif; ?>
-    <?php endif; ?>
-
     <br>
 
     <?php if ($admin_email): ?>

templates/token.html.php

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This template renders a form for user to enter a auth token if it's enabled
+ */
+
+?>
+
+<h1>
+    Authentication with token required
+</h1>
+
+<p>
+    <?= e($message) ?>
+</p>
+
+<form action="" method="get">
+    <label for="token">Token:</label>
+    <input type="password" name="token" id="token" placeholder="token">
+    <input type="submit" value="OK">
+</form>