Module auth

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HTTP authentication module.

Classes

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HttpServerRequestAuthentication

PasswordFileUser
Data structure for users from password file.

Functions

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str

_FormatAuthHeader(scheme, params)
Formats WWW-Authentication header value as per RFC2617, section 1.2

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dict

ParsePasswordFile(contents)
Parses the contents of a password file.

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Variables

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HTTP_BASIC_AUTH = "Basic"

HTTP_DIGEST_AUTH = "Digest"

_NOQUOTE = re.compile(r"^[-_a-z0-9]+$", re.I)

Imports: logging, re, base64, binascii, compat, http, StringIO

Function Details

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_FormatAuthHeader(scheme, params)

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Formats WWW-Authentication header value as per RFC2617, section 1.2

Parameters:

scheme (str) - Authentication scheme
params (dict) - Additional parameters

Returns: str

Formatted header value

ParsePasswordFile(contents)

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Parses the contents of a password file.

Lines in the password file are of the following format:

   <username> <password> [options]

Fields are separated by whitespace. Username and password are mandatory, options are optional and separated by comma (','). Empty lines and comments ('#') are ignored.

Parameters:

contents (str) - Contents of password file

Returns: dict

Dictionary containing PasswordFileUser instances