core-auth

This project/library contains common elements related to authentication & authorization…

Installation

Install from PyPI using pip:

pip install core-auth
uv pip install core-auth  # Or using UV...

Features

• JWT Token Wrapper - Simplified interface for JSON Web Token operations

• Multiple Cryptographic Algorithms - Support for HMAC (HS256, HS384, HS512), RSA (RS256, RS384, RS512, PS256, PS384, PS512), ECDSA (ES256, ES256K, ES384, ES512), and EdDSA algorithms

• Token Encoding - Create JWT tokens with customizable claims, headers, and expiration times

• Token Decoding & Validation - Decode and verify JWT tokens with comprehensive validation options (signature, expiration, audience, issuer, etc.)

• Authorization Header Parsing - Extract Bearer tokens from HTTP Authorization headers

• Public/Private Key Support - Compatible with RSA, Elliptic Curve (EC), Ed25519, and Ed448 key pairs

• Custom Claims - Add standardized or custom claims to JWT payloads

• Type-Safe - Full type hints support for better IDE integration and code safety

Quick Start

pip install core-auth
uv pip install core-auth  # Or using UV...
pip install -e ".[dev]"    # For development...

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install virtualenv

virtualenv --python=python3.12 .venv

source .venv/bin/activate

pip install .
pip install -e ".[dev]"

python manager.py run-tests
python manager.py run-coverage

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch

3. Write tests for new functionality

4. Ensure all tests pass: pytest -n auto

5. Run linting: pylint core_auth

6. Run security checks: bandit -r core_auth

7. Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Links

• Documentation: https://core-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Repository: https://gitlab.com/bytecode-solutions/core/core-auth

• Issues: https://gitlab.com/bytecode-solutions/core/core-auth/-/issues

• Changelog: https://gitlab.com/bytecode-solutions/core/core-auth/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/core-auth/

Support

For questions or support, please open an issue on GitLab or contact the maintainers.

Authors

• Alejandro Cora González - Initial work - alek.cora.glez@gmail.com