zaproxy/auth-examples

This repository provides a collection of examples for handling user authentication and session management. It is designed to help developers understand how to set up different login scenarios when testing the security of web applications. The README doesn't go into detail about the specific examples included or how they are structured. It links to a related issue in the main ZAP project, which suggests these examples are meant to accompany or support ongoing development efforts around authentication handling in that security testing tool. Given the context of the ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) ecosystem, the people most likely to use these examples are developers, quality assurance engineers, or security testers who need to configure automated security scanners to log into protected areas of a website. Many web applications require a valid username and password, plus an active session token, before granting access to internal pages. Without proper examples, pointing a security scanner at those protected pages is difficult because the scanner cannot get past the login screen. While the README is sparse, the project likely serves as a practical reference for configuring these login flows so that testing tools can successfully authenticate and then scan the application for vulnerabilities. The tradeoff here is simplicity over comprehensive documentation, which means users may need to dig into the linked issue or the code itself to understand how to apply the examples to their own testing scenarios.