Class BasicAuthenticator

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Class providing an Authenticate method based on basic http authentication.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, user_fn=None)
Loads users file and initializes a watcher for it.

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str or None

ValidateRequest(self, req, handler_access, realm)
Checks whether a user can access a resource.

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

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, user_fn=None)
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Loads users file and initializes a watcher for it.

Parameters:

user_fn - A function that should be called to obtain a user info instead of the default users_file interface.

Overrides: object.__init__

ValidateRequest(self, req, handler_access, realm)

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Checks whether a user can access a resource.

Parameters:

req - HTTP request context
handler_access - access rights required by the requested resourse
realm - Authentication realm

Returns: str or None

the authenticated user name if request execution is permitted and None otherwise

Overrides: RapiAuthenticator.ValidateRequest

Class BasicAuthenticator

__init__(self, user_fn=None) (Constructor)

ValidateRequest(self, req, handler_access, realm)

init(self, user_fn=None)
(Constructor)