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Authorization / authentication client library for Python web applications

Project description

Authomatic is an authorization/authentication client library for Python web applications inspired by Alex Vagin’s Simpleauth. In fact, I almost named it Deadsimpleauth, but that name would be too long for a succinct library.

Features

  • Loosely coupled.

  • Tiny but powerfull interface.

  • The python-openid library is the only optional dependency.

  • CSRF protection.

  • Framework agnostic thanks to adapters.

  • Ready to accommodate future authorization/authentication protocols.

  • Makes calls to provider APIs a breeze.

  • Supports asynchronous requests.

  • JavaScript library as a bonus.

  • Out of the box support for:

    • OAuth 1.0a providers: Bitbucket, Flickr, Meetup, Plurk, Twitter, Tumblr, UbuntuOne, Vimeo, Xero and Yahoo.

    • OAuth 2.0 providers: Behance, Bitly, Cosm, DeviantART, Facebook, Foursquare, GitHub, Google, LinkedIn, PayPal, Reddit, Viadeo, VK, WindowsLive, Yammer and Yandex.

    • python-openid and Google App Engine based OpenID.

Live Demo

There is a live Google App Engine based demo app running at http://authomatic-example.appspot.com which makes use of most of the features.

Contribute

Contributions of any kind are very welcome. The project is hosted on GitHub. If you find this library useful and are using it in your projects, please don’t be shy and leave a comment about your usecase on the Authomatic Usecases issue.

Usage

Read the exhaustive documentation at http://peterhudec.github.io/authomatic.

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