public function BlogapiCommunicator::authenticate in Blog API 8

Performs login authentications for a user.

Parameters

$user: Drupal username.

$pass: Drupal password.

bool $return_object: Boolean var to decide on returning the user object.

Return value

bool|object Returns the user object or the user ID.

10 calls to BlogapiCommunicator::authenticate()

BlogapiCommunicator::deletePost in src/BlogapiCommunicator.php

Callback for deleting a post.

BlogapiCommunicator::editPost in src/BlogapiCommunicator.php

Callback for editing a node.

BlogapiCommunicator::getCategoryList in src/BlogapiCommunicator.php

Returns a list of available categories on a content type.

BlogapiCommunicator::getNodeCategories in src/BlogapiCommunicator.php

Returns taxonomy terms saved in the defined taxonomy field on a node.

BlogapiCommunicator::getPost in src/BlogapiCommunicator.php

Returns a loaded node object.

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File

src/BlogapiCommunicator.php, line 82

Class

BlogapiCommunicator

Class BlogapiCommunicator.

Namespace

Drupal\blogapi

Code

public function authenticate($user, $pass, $return_object = FALSE) {

  // Login check.
  $auth = \Drupal::service('user.auth');
  if ($auth
    ->authenticate($user, $pass)) {

    // Drupal permission check.
    $user_load = user_load_by_name($user);

    // Possibly return the loaded user object.
    if ($return_object) {
      return $user_load;
    }
    $id = $user_load
      ->id();
    return (int) $id;
  }

  // Return false if authentication fails.
  return FALSE;
}