Authenticators

Authenticator List

Shield provides the following Authenticators:

• Session authenticator provides traditional ID/Password authentication. It uses username/email/password to authenticate against and stores the user information in the session. See Using Session Authenticator and Session Authenticator for usage.
• AccessTokens authenticator provides stateless authentication using Personal Access Tokens passed in the HTTP headers. See Protecting an API with Access Tokens and Access Token Authenticator for usage.
• HmacSha256 authenticator provides stateless authentication using HMAC Keys. See Protecting an API with HMAC Keys and HMAC SHA256 Token Authenticator for usage.
• JWT authenticator provides stateless authentication using JSON Web Token. To use this, you need additional setup. See JWT Authentication.