Forward cookies from request

[j-waters]

Proposed change

Take any cookies that are present on the request to endpoints such as api/ping and api/services and add them to the cookie jar. This means that services that are behind authentication such as authelia can be pinged and used in widgets.

The way this is done probably isn't overly correct - but it works for my usage. I thought I'd make an MR anyway to see if there was any interest in this feature.

Closes #1797

Type of change

• New service widget
• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Other (please explain)

Checklist:

• If adding a service widget or a change that requires it, I have added a corresponding PR to the documentation here:
• If adding a new widget I have reviewed the guidelines.
• If applicable, I have checked that all tests pass with e.g. pnpm lint.
• If applicable, I have tested my code for new features & regressions on both mobile & desktop devices, using the latest version of major browsers.

[shamoon]

Can you explain a bit more about how youre using this specifically? When are the authelia headers getting set initially?

[j-waters]

Can you explain a bit more about how youre using this specifically? When are the authelia headers getting set initially?

So I have a bunch of services on a subdomain, all behind authelia. Requests made to homepage.domain.com have an authelia_session=<TOKEN> cookie set. That same cookie is consumed by other services on the same domain.

The idea here is that when a request comes in to homepage, we take the cookies from the cookie header, add them to the cookie jar, and then they can be used in requests to the actual services.

[shamoon]

I still havent tested this out much, but it looks OK to me. Any reason its still a draft?

[shamoon]

@j-waters if youre still interested in this let us know, otherwise we'll close it out

[j-waters]

Sorry yeah I'm still interested, been using this branch in my home setup for about a month now and haven't found any issues

[shamoon]

I'd like to add this to the docs somewhere, not sure where. Hmm...

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