Package wsgitools :: Module digest :: Class AuthTokenGenerator

Class AuthTokenGenerator

Generates authentication tokens for AuthDigestMiddleware. The interface consists of beeing callable with a username and having a realm attribute being a string.

Instance Methods

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

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str or None

__call__(self, username, algo='md5')
Generates an authentication token from a username. source code

Inherited from AbstractTokenGenerator: check_password

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

Instance Variables

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Inherited from AbstractTokenGenerator: realm

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, realm, getpass)
(Constructor)

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

Parameters:

realm (str) - is a string according to RFC2617.
getpass (str -> (str or None)) - this function is called with a username and password is expected as result. None may be used as an invalid password. An example for getpass would be {username: password}.get.

Overrides: object.__init__

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

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Generates an authentication token from a username.

Parameters:

algo - currently the only value supported by AuthDigestMiddleware is "md5"

Returns: str or None

a valid token or None to signal that authentication should fail

Overrides: AbstractTokenGenerator.__call__

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Class AuthTokenGenerator

__init__(self, realm, getpass) (Constructor)

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

init(self, realm, getpass)
(Constructor)

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