I want to achieve the following in Ktor server and found only a imho hacky solution (for a demo app,...

# ktor

[dbaelz]

I want to achieve the following in Ktor server and found only a imho hacky solution (for a demo app, not for production...):
• Use the shutdown url plugin to shutdown the application
• Protect the shutdown url with the Authentication plugin (with basic auth)
Is there an obvious and clean way to do it? Had some ideas like:
• Changing the order of plugin install and route definition. -> Didn't work. Imho because the shutdown url plugin is registered for EnginePipeline.Before so the install order doesn't matter, it's always called before the the routing is done
• Custom plugin that calls the auth and then shutdown: -> Does this even work? Does it require copying code from the other two plugins? Also not really what I want
My hack solution so far:
• Create route with authenticate for the shutdown route
• Install the shutdown url plugin inside the body the GET of that route
• Use respondRedirect to redirect to the shutdown url (would be infinite redirect, but the shutdown url plugin is triggered instead)

[dbaelz]

The hacky solution....kt

The hacky solution....kt

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

You can find a solution here.

[dbaelz]

Ah didn't find the question and your answer on SO. Also, totally forgot to use ShutDownUrl class without the plugin. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the info!