Auth0 Token Validation and Authorisation as Django Middleware

auth0_django_middleware.py

from django.http import JsonResponse
from jose import jwt


AUTH0_DOMAIN = {YOUR_AUTH0_DOMAIN}
API_AUDIENCE = {YOUR_API_AUDIENCE}
ALGORITHMS = ["RS256"]

"""
Cache the key available at https://{AUTH0_DOMAIN}/.well-known/jwks.json as a python dict
"""
AUTH0_PUBLIC_KEY = {}


class Auth0Middleware(object):
    def __init__(self, get_response):
        self.get_response = get_response

    def __call__(self, request):

        # GET TOKEN
        auth = request.META.get('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION')

        if not auth:
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "authorization_header_missing",
                                      "description":
                                          "Authorization header is expected"}, status=401)

        parts = auth.split()

        if parts[0].lower() != "bearer":
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description":
                                          "Authorization header must start with"
                                          "Bearer"}, status=401)
        elif len(parts) == 1:
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description": "Token not found"}, status=401)
        elif len(parts) > 2:
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description": "Authorization header must be"
                                                     "Bearer token"}, status=401)

        token = parts[1]

        # VALIDATE TOKEN

        jwks = AUTH0_PUBLIC_KEY
        try:
            unverified_header = jwt.get_unverified_header(token)
        except jwt.JWTError:

            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description": "Invalid header. "
                                                     "Use an RS256 signed JWT Access Token"}, status=401)

        if unverified_header["alg"] == "HS256":
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description": "Invalid header. "
                                                     "Use an RS256 signed JWT Access Token"}, status=401)

        rsa_key = {}
        for key in jwks["keys"]:
            if key["kid"] == unverified_header["kid"]:
                rsa_key = {
                    "kty": key["kty"],
                    "kid": key["kid"],
                    "use": key["use"],
                    "n": key["n"],
                    "e": key["e"]
                }
        if rsa_key:
            try:
                jwt.decode(
                    token,
                    rsa_key,
                    algorithms=ALGORITHMS,
                    audience=API_AUDIENCE,
                    issuer="https://" + AUTH0_DOMAIN + "/"
                )

            except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
                return JsonResponse(data={"code": "token_expired",
                                          "description": "token is expired"}, status=401)
            except jwt.JWTClaimsError:
                return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_claims",
                                          "description": "incorrect claims,"
                                                         " please check the audience and issuer"}, status=401)
            except Exception:
                return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                          "description": "Unable to parse authentication"
                                                         " token."}, status=400)
        else:
            return JsonResponse(data={"code": "invalid_header",
                                      "description": "Unable to find appropriate key"}, status=401)

        response = self.get_response(request)
        return response

I converted the entire Flask code to Django Middleware which can easily be used to validate and verify all incoming tokens, hence adding support for Django.