django-openstax-accounts 1.1.2

A Django app to read data from the logged-in user OpenStax account using the SSO cookie.

django-openstax-accounts is a Django app to read data from the logged-in user’s OpenStax account using the SSO cookie.

Quick start

Add the following settings to your settings file:

# OpenStax Accounts settings
SSO_COOKIE_NAME = "<oxa_env>"
SSO_SIGNATURE_PUBLIC_KEY = "<public_key_for_accounts>"
SSO_ENCRYPTION_PRIVATE_KEY = "<private_key_for_accounts>"

Usage

If you need to access the current user’s OpenStax account UUID, you can use the get_logged_in_user_uuid function from openstax_accounts.functions. This function will a UUID.:

from django.shortcuts import render
from openstax_accounts.functions import get_logged_in_user_uuid

def my_view(request):
    user_uuid = get_logged_in_user_uuid(request)
    # function to do something with the uuid, like save it to your database or use for an API call
    return render(request, "my_template.html", {"user_uuid": user_uuid})