C API Reference -- Ns_AuthorizeRequest

### Ns_AuthorizeRequest

#### Overview

Check access of a method and URL

#### Syntax

        int Ns_AuthorizeRequest(
        char *hServer,
        char *method,
        char *URL,
        char *authuser,
        char *authpasswd,
        char *ipaddr
        );

#### Description

The Ns_AuthorizeRequest function is used to call the function registered by Ns_SetRequestAuthorizeProc to authorize a user's access to the given method and URL. Possible return values are:

NS_OK | The user's access is authorized.
NS_UNAUTHORIZED | Access is not public for this method or URL and either the user and password were not verified or the user does not have permission.
NS_FORBIDDEN | There is no possible user/password combination that would give authorization.
NS_ERROR | The authentication function could not perform the permission check.

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