django-aws-alb-idp-auth 0.1.1

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djang-aws-alb-idp-auth

features

• verify jwt
• extract user claims

setup

middleware

Put django_aws_alb_idp_auth.middleware.alb_idp_auth_middleware and django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware after AuthenticationMiddleware.

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django_aws_alb_idp_auth.middleware.alb_idp_auth_middleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware',
    ...
]

auth backend

You may use RemoteUserBackend as Authentication Backend to create accessing user model.

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend',
    # 'django_aws_alb_idp_auth.backends.CreateUsperUserBackend',
]

django_aws_alb_idp_auth.backends.CreateUsperUserBackend is very convenient RemoteUserBackend that creates superuser.

accessing user claims

You can get user claims from request.META["django_aws_alb_idp_auth.middleware.user_claims"].