django-gar

Django app to handle CAS authentication and resource management for the french Gestionnaire d'Accès aux Ressources (GAR).

Features

CAS authentication with GAR
Institution management with subscription tracking
Allocation monitoring for resources
Caching of GAR data (allocations, subscriptions, ENT IDs)
Admin interface for institution management
CSV export of allocation reports

Installation

Install with pip:

pip install django-gar

Setup

In order to make django-gar work, you'll need to follow these steps:

1. Settings

Add the required configuration to your settings:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',

    'django_gar',
    ...
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    
    'django_gar.middleware.GARMiddleware', # mandatory
    ...
)

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
    
    'django_gar.backends.GARBackend',
    ...
)

2. Migrations

Run migrations to create the necessary database tables:

python manage.py migrate

3. Required Settings

Configure these mandatory settings:

# GAR Connection Settings
GAR_BASE_URL = "https://idp-auth.partenaire.test-gar.education.fr/"
GAR_BASE_SUBSCRIPTION_URL = "https://abonnement.partenaire.test-gar.education.fr/"
GAR_SUBSCRIPTION_PREFIX = "your_prefix"
GAR_DISTRIBUTOR_ID = "your_distributor_id"

# Authentication Certificates
GAR_CERTIFICATE_PATH = "/path/to/your/cert.pem"
GAR_KEY_PATH = "/path/to/your/key.pem"

# Resource Configuration
GAR_RESOURCES_ID = "your_resource_id"
GAR_ORGANIZATION_NAME = "Your Organization"

Optional settings with their defaults:

GAR_ACTIVE_USER_REDIRECT = "/"  # Redirect after successful login
GAR_INACTIVE_USER_REDIRECT = "/"  # Redirect for inactive users
GAR_QUERY_STRING_TRIGGER = "sso_id"  # URL parameter for SSO

Management Commands

refresh_gar_caches

Updates GAR data caches for institutions.

# Refresh all institutions
python manage.py refresh_gar_caches

# Refresh specific institution
python manage.py refresh_gar_caches --uai=0123456A

The command updates:

Resource allocation data
Subscription information

Use cases:

Initial setup of new institutions
Manual cache refresh
Troubleshooting GAR integration

refresh_gar_idents

Updates ENT IDs for all institutions from GAR.

python manage.py refresh_gar_idents

The command:

Fetches the latest institution list from GAR
Updates the ENT IDs (id_ent) for all matching institutions
Performs updates in bulk for better performance

Use cases:

Initial setup of new institutions
Bulk update of ENT IDs
Synchronizing with GAR institution list

Testing

Run tests with pytest:

# Install test dependencies
pip install -r test_requirements.txt

# Run tests
pytest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

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