function BasicAuthHooks::help

Implements hook_help().

Attributes

#[Hook('help')]

File

core/modules/basic_auth/src/Hook/BasicAuthHooks.php, line 20

Class

BasicAuthHooks
Hook implementations for basic_auth.

Namespace

Drupal\basic_auth\Hook

Code

public function help($route_name, RouteMatchInterface $route_match) : ?string {
  switch ($route_name) {
    case 'help.page.basic_auth':
      $output = '';
      $output .= '<h2>' . $this->t('About') . '</h2>';
      $output .= '<p>' . $this->t('The HTTP Basic Authentication module supplies an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication">HTTP Basic authentication</a> provider for web service requests. This authentication provider authenticates requests using the HTTP Basic Authentication username and password, as an alternative to using Drupal\'s standard cookie-based authentication system. It is only useful if your site provides web services configured to use this type of authentication (for instance, the <a href=":rest_help">RESTful Web Services module</a>). For more information, see the <a href=":hba_do">online documentation for the HTTP Basic Authentication module</a>.', [
        ':hba_do' => 'https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/basic_auth',
        ':rest_help' => \Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('rest') ? Url::fromRoute('help.page', [
          'name' => 'rest',
        ])->toString() : '#',
      ]) . '</p>';
      return $output;
  }
  return NULL;
}

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