Merge branch 'master' of git://github.com/rails/rails

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
index 6a52854961..bc17cadb38 100755
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'active_support/memoizable'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrap'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/string/access'
+require 'action_dispatch/http/headers'
 
 module ActionDispatch
   class Request < Rack::Request
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
         end
       end
     end
-    
+
     def if_modified_since
       if since = env['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE']
         Time.rfc2822(since) rescue nil
@@ -464,6 +465,15 @@ EOM
       session['flash'] || {}
     end
 
+    # Returns the authorization header regardless of whether it was specified directly or through one of the
+    # proxy alternatives.
+    def authorization
+      @env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']   ||
+      @env['X-HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
+      @env['X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] ||
+      @env['REDIRECT_X_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
+    end
+
     # Receives an array of mimes and return the first user sent mime that
     # matches the order array.
     #