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Flask token based authentication
# Author: Gouthaman Balaraman
# http://gouthamanbalaraman.com/minimal-flask-login-example.html
from flask import Flask, Response
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, UserMixin, login_required
app = Flask(__name__)
login_manager = LoginManager()
login_manager.init_app(app)
class User(UserMixin):
# proxy for a database of users
user_database = {"JohnDoe": ("JohnDoe", "John"),
"JaneDoe": ("JaneDoe", "Jane")}
def __init__(self, username, password):
self.id = username
self.password = password
@classmethod
def get(cls,id):
return cls.user_database.get(id)
@login_manager.request_loader
def load_user(request):
token = request.headers.get('Authorization')
if token is None:
token = request.args.get('token')
if token is not None:
username,password = token.split(":") # naive token
user_entry = User.get(username)
if (user_entry is not None):
user = User(user_entry[0],user_entry[1])
if (user.password == password):
return user
return None
@app.route("/",methods=["GET"])
def index():
return Response(response="Hello World!",status=200)
@app.route("/protected/",methods=["GET"])
@login_required
def protected():
return Response(response="Hello Protected World!", status=200)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.config["SECRET_KEY"] = "ITSASECRET"
app.run(port=5000,debug=True)
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Copyright 2014 Gouthaman Balaraman
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@Abdul-Arif
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if token is none, how to send user to login page?

`if token is None:
return redirect(url_for('login'))
else:

`

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