simdb.remote.core.auth.firewall module¶

class simdb.remote.core.auth.firewall.FirewallAuthenticator[source]¶

Bases: Authenticator

Name : str = 'Firewall'¶

authenticate(config: Config, request: Request) → User | None[source]¶

Authenticate the user using parameters passed in the current request - i.e. username/password passed as part of SimpleAuth or a token in the request header.

Additional authentication options can be defined in the configuration specific to the type of authentication being performed - i.e. connection URI for LDAP server.

Parameters:¶

config: Config¶

The SimDB configuration object.

request: Request¶

The Flask request object.

Returns:¶

A User object if the user successfully authenticates, otherwise None.