[cgiapp] CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication. How to log a user in after prerun?

[Simon Rees <suppressed>]

Hi

I'm using CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication in my web application and 
have found it useful but I'm stuck on a good way to implement some 
functionality I need.

After a user has submitted their registration details I need to Authenticate 
them straight away. The registration form contains a number of fields 
including their chosen username and password which is submitted to a 
CGI::App runmode where the data is validated and inserted into the 
database.
The problem is that CGI::Application::Plugin::Authentication::initialize has 
already been executed by the time this occurs.

Any ideas on how I could do this? I'm currently redirecting after processing 
the registration data with the credentials in the query string - but I'm 
not terribly comfortable with this solution...

One idea I had for an enhancement to the plugin was to add a reinitialize 
method which didn't check $self->{initialized} before checking the 
credentials. If the credentials were valid the user would be logged in from 
this point. I haven't checked through the code in detail to understand the 
implications of this yet... does it sound like a good idea?

cheers, Simon

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