zendesk_sso_basic.py

"""
Remote authentication stub for Flask
 
This is meant as a template for your own customization. 
You can identify the user anyway you like,
integrate it into your intranet, web app or similar.
"""

from flask import Flask, request, redirect
import time
import md5

app = Flask(__name__)

# insert authentication token here
app.config['RA_TOKEN'] = ''

# insert account prefix here (e.g. yoursite.zendesk.com)
app.config['ZD_URL_PREFIX'] = 'yoursite'

@app.route('/zendesk-remoteauth')
def redirector():
  
	# populate these values from your data source
	full_name = ''
	email = ''
	external_id = ''
	organization = ''
	tags = ''
	remote_photo_url = ''
	return_to = ''
	
	# build the message
	try:
		timestamp = request.args['timestamp']
	except KeyError:
		timestamp = str(time.time()).split('.')[0]
		
	pre_hash = full_name + "|" + email + "|" + external_id + "|" + organization \
	+ "|" + tags + "|" + remote_photo_url + "|" + app.config['RA_TOKEN'] + "|" + \
	timestamp
	 
	post_hash = md5.new(pre_hash).hexdigest()
	
	sso_url = "https://" + app.config['ZD_URL_PREFIX'] + \
	".zendesk.com/access/remoteauth/?name=" + full_name + "&email=" + email + \
	"&external_id=" + external_id + "&timestamp=" + timestamp + "&hash=" + \
	post_hash + "&return_to=" + return_to
	
	return redirect(sso_url)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	app.run()