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Basic auth utilities for Django.

Project description

Basic auth utilities for Django.

Requires

Tested under…

  • Python

    • 2.7

    • 3.6

  • Django

    • 1.8

    • 1.10

    • 1.11

Installation

pip install django-basicauth

Usage

from basicauth.decorators import basic_auth_required

@basic_auth_required
def myview(request):
    ...

or by a middleware.

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'basicauth.middleware.BasicAuthMiddleware',
    ...
)

Basic Auth for specific requestno only

To apply basic auth for specific requests, Use target_test argument.

In the below code, anonymous users will be required Basic Auth Authenticated users can pass it without Basic … header.

from basicauth.decorators import basic_auth_required

@basic_auth_required(
    target_test=lambda request: not request.user.is_authenticated
)
def myview(request):
    ...

target_test accepts typing.Callable[[HttpRequest], bool], and if the callable returns True, Basic Auth will be required.

Applying decorator to CBVs

To apply @basic_auth_requried decorator to Class Based Views, use django.utils.decorators.method_decorator.

from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from basicauth.decorators import basic_auth_required

@method_decorator(basic_auth_required, name='dispatch')
class YourView(TemplateView):
    template_name = "my-template.html"

Settings

  • BASICAUTH_USERS (required): Dictionary including keys as username and values as passwords.

  • BASICAUTH_REALM: realm string, default is “Secure resource”.

  • BASICAUTH_DISABLE: Disable all of barriers by this library.

Changes

0.4.2 (2017-11-27)

  • Fixed to avoid timing attacks
    • Lots of thanks for Hugo Castilho

0.4.1 (2017-10-20)

  • Added target_test argument for the decorator.

0.4 (2017-09-30)

  • Supported Python 2.7

  • Dropped Django1.9

  • Supported Django 1.10+ style middleware

0.3 (2017-08-28)

  • Added BASICAUTH_DISABLE setting

  • Changed API of basicauthutils.validate_request
    • Fixed to return True/False

    • Adding REMOTE_USER by this function

0.2.1 (2017-08-28)

  • Officially supported Django 1.11, 1.10, 1.9

0.2 (2016-03-31)

0.1 (2015-04-20)

  • Initial

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