Package wsgitools :: Module digest :: Class UpdatingHtdigestTokenGenerator

Class UpdatingHtdigestTokenGenerator

Behaves like HtdigestTokenGenerator, checks the htdigest file for changes on each invocation.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, realm, htdigestfile, ignoreparseerrors=False)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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str or None

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

Inherited from HtdigestTokenGenerator: readhtdigest

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, htdigestfile, ignoreparseerrors=False)
(Constructor)

source code

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

Parameters:

htdigestfile - path to the .htdigest file
ignoreparseerrors - passed to readhtdigest

Raises:

IOError
ValueError

Overrides: object.__init__

(inherited documentation)

call(self, user, 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__

(inherited documentation)

Class UpdatingHtdigestTokenGenerator

__init__(self, realm, htdigestfile, ignoreparseerrors=False) (Constructor)

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

init(self, realm, htdigestfile, ignoreparseerrors=False)
(Constructor)

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