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+# (c) 2005 Clark C. Evans
+# This module is part of the Python Paste Project and is released under
+# the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+# This code was written with funding by http://prometheusresearch.com
+"""
+Basic HTTP/1.0 Authentication
+
+This module implements ``Basic`` authentication as described in
+HTTP/1.0 specification [1]_ . Do not use this module unless you
+are using SSL or need to work with very out-dated clients, instead
+use ``digest`` authentication.
+
+>>> from paste.wsgilib import dump_environ
+>>> from paste.httpserver import serve
+>>> # from paste.auth.basic import AuthBasicHandler
+>>> realm = 'Test Realm'
+>>> def authfunc(environ, username, password):
+... return username == password
+>>> serve(AuthBasicHandler(dump_environ, realm, authfunc))
+serving on...
+
+.. [1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/draft-ietf-http-spec.html#BasicAA
+"""
+from paste.httpexceptions import HTTPUnauthorized
+from paste.httpheaders import *
+
+class AuthBasicAuthenticator(object):
+ """
+ implements ``Basic`` authentication details
+ """
+ type = 'basic'
+ def __init__(self, realm, authfunc):
+ self.realm = realm
+ self.authfunc = authfunc
+
+ def build_authentication(self):
+ head = WWW_AUTHENTICATE.tuples('Basic realm="%s"' % self.realm)
+ return HTTPUnauthorized(headers=head)
+
+ def authenticate(self, environ):
+ authorization = AUTHORIZATION(environ)
+ if not authorization:
+ return self.build_authentication()
+ (authmeth, auth) = authorization.split(' ', 1)
+ if 'basic' != authmeth.lower():
+ return self.build_authentication()
+ auth = auth.strip().decode('base64')
+ username, password = auth.split(':', 1)
+ if self.authfunc(environ, username, password):
+ return username
+ return self.build_authentication()
+
+ __call__ = authenticate
+
+class AuthBasicHandler(object):
+ """
+ HTTP/1.0 ``Basic`` authentication middleware
+
+ Parameters:
+
+ ``application``
+
+ The application object is called only upon successful
+ authentication, and can assume ``environ['REMOTE_USER']``
+ is set. If the ``REMOTE_USER`` is already set, this
+ middleware is simply pass-through.
+
+ ``realm``
+
+ This is a identifier for the authority that is requesting
+ authorization. It is shown to the user and should be unique
+ within the domain it is being used.
+
+ ``authfunc``
+
+ This is a mandatory user-defined function which takes a
+ ``environ``, ``username`` and ``password`` for its first
+ three arguments. It should return ``True`` if the user is
+ authenticated.
+
+ """
+ def __init__(self, application, realm, authfunc):
+ self.application = application
+ self.authenticate = AuthBasicAuthenticator(realm, authfunc)
+
+ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+ username = REMOTE_USER(environ)
+ if not username:
+ result = self.authenticate(environ)
+ if isinstance(result, str):
+ AUTH_TYPE.update(environ, 'basic')
+ REMOTE_USER.update(environ, result)
+ else:
+ return result.wsgi_application(environ, start_response)
+ return self.application(environ, start_response)
+
+middleware = AuthBasicHandler
+
+__all__ = ['AuthBasicHandler']
+
+def make_basic(app, global_conf, realm, authfunc, **kw):
+ """
+ Grant access via basic authentication
+
+ Config looks like this::
+
+ [filter:grant]
+ use = egg:Paste#auth_basic
+ realm=myrealm
+ authfunc=somepackage.somemodule:somefunction
+
+ """
+ from paste.util.import_string import eval_import
+ import types
+ authfunc = eval_import(authfunc)
+ assert isinstance(authfunc, types.FunctionType), "authfunc must resolve to a function"
+ return AuthBasicHandler(app, realm, authfunc)
+
+
+if "__main__" == __name__:
+ import doctest
+ doctest.testmod(optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS)