Class AbstractTokenGenerator

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Interface class for generating authentication tokens for AuthDigestMiddleware.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, realm)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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str or None

__call__(self, username, algo='md5')
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bool

check_password(self, username, password, environ=None)
This function implements the interface for verifying passwords used by BasicAuthMiddleware.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Instance Variables

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str

realm
is a string according to RFC2617.

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, realm)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Parameters:

realm (str)

Overrides: object.__init__

call(self, username, algo=`'md5'`)
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Generates an authentication token from a username.

Parameters:

algo (str) - currently the only value supported by AuthDigestMiddleware is "md5"
username (str)

Returns: str or None

a valid token or None to signal that authentication should fail

check_password(self, username, password, environ=None)

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This function implements the interface for verifying passwords used by BasicAuthMiddleware. It works by computing a token from the user and comparing it to the token returned by the __call__ method.

Parameters:

environ - ignored
password (str)
username (str)

Returns: bool

Class AbstractTokenGenerator

__init__(self, realm) (Constructor)

__call__(self, username, algo='md5') (Call operator)

check_password(self, username, password, environ=None)

init(self, realm)
(Constructor)

call(self, username, algo=`'md5'`)
(Call operator)