apexauthlib 0.2.2

Apex authorization library for services

apexauthlib

Private Python library for integrating backend services with the company auth-service.

This library provides:

• Entities used across services (user, service, client, service metadata, permissions).
• A FastAPI router (auth_api) with login endpoints and dependency helpers that inject the current user + metadata from JWT.
• A small HTTP client wrapper (AuthApiProvider / AuthApi) for services to:
  • obtain a token (password login or OAuth code exchange),
  • fetch current user and service-scoped metadata,
  • list users for a service,
  • and register/update service permissions.

Notes

• This documentation is best used along with the documentation for auth-service.
• This is a private library. If you change it, you should push to GitHub and then update downstream usage by running make install wherever it’s consumed (per team workflow).

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Concepts at a glance

Users

The User entity includes:

• hashed_password: must never expose an actual password through APIs (except in create/update requests handled elsewhere).
• is_admin: indicates whether the user is a “superadmin”.

Service-scoped auth model

The auth model used by services is service-centric:

• Services have a name (service_name) and service admins.
• Each service can define permissions (schema) and per-user metadata values that should align with those permissions.

See: docs/concepts.md

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Usage pattern (high-level)

1) Create an AuthApiProvider

Example (from service code):

provider = AuthApiProvider[HaccpPermissions](
    http=FluentHttp(
        Httpx.Builder().with_url(AUTH_SERVICE_API).build(),
    ),
    service_name=SERVICE_NAME,
    formatter=DataclassFormatter(HaccpPermissions),
)

2) Register permissions (service schema)

Example:

provider.for_token(
    provider.login(ADMIN_USERNAME, ADMIN_PASSWORD)
).update_permissions(
    [
        ServicePermission(
            # ...
        )
    ]
)

3) Add FastAPI auth routes + dependencies

Example:

FastApiBuilder()
.with_title(TITLE)
.with_description(DESCRIPTION)
.with_version(VERSION)
.with_route(auth_api)
.with_dependency(
    auth=provider,
    auth_code=AuthCodeApi(
        http=FluentHttp(
            Httpx.Builder()
            .with_url(AUTH_SERVICE_API)
            .build(),
        ),
        client_id=CLIENT_ID,
        client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET,
    ),
)
.build()

See: docs/fastapi.md

Known Limitations

Permission sync is name-based only

AuthApi.update_permissions() compares permissions by name and only creates/deletes. If a permission keeps the same name but changes type, default, label, etc., it currently won’t be updated automatically.

Admin password dependency for permission registration

The example uses provider.login(ADMIN_USERNAME, ADMIN_PASSWORD) to obtain a token for updating permissions. If the admin password changes, downstream services must update their configuration, or a more proper flow should be introduced (e.g., service-to-service auth or code-based admin auth).

Refresh tokens are not currently handled in this library

Current flow assumes a bearer access token is provided/used. Supporting refresh tokens would enable longer-lived sessions with automatic token renewal.