hawk-server 0.0.12

Utility function to perform the server-side of Hawk authentication

hawk-server

Utility function to perform the server-side of Hawk authentication, with no dependencies other than the Python standard library.

Installation

pip install hawk-server

Usage

from hawkserver import authenticate_hawk_header

def lookup_credentials(id):
    # Return {'id': 'some-id', 'key': 'some-secret'} matching credentials,
    # or None if credentials can't be found

def seen_nonce(nonce, id):
    # Store nonce, return True if nonce previously seen

error_message, credentials = authenticate_hawk_header(
    lookup_credentials, seen_nonce, max_skew,
    header, method, host, port, path, content_type, content,
)
if error_message is not None:
    # Return error or raise exception as needed