hmac_authentication 1.0.0

Signs and validates HTTP requests based on a shared-secret HMAC signature

# hmac_authentication Python package

Signs and authenticates HTTP requests based on a shared-secret HMAC signature.

Developed in parallel with the following packages for other languages: - Go: [github.com/18F/hmacauth](https://github.com/18F/hmacauth/) - Ruby: [hmac_authentication](https://rubygems.org/gems/hmac_authentication) - Node.js: [hmac-authentication](https://www.npmjs.com/package/hmac-authentication)

## Installation

`sh $ pip install hmac-authentication `

## Validating incoming requests

Inject something resembling the following code fragment into your request handling logic as the first thing that happens before the request body is parsed, where headers is a list of headers factored into the signature and secret_key is the shared secret between your application and the service making the request:

_…coming soon…_

## Signing outgoing requests

_…coming soon…_

## Running tests

`sh $ pip install nose $ nosetests `

## Public domain

This project is in the worldwide [public domain](LICENSE.md). As stated in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md):

> This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). > > All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 >dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply >with this waiver of copyright interest.