Litestar Security
Authentication and authorization for Litestar applications.
Litestar Security connects authentication providers to Litestar's middleware, dependency injection, guards, OpenAPI schema, and WebSocket lifecycle. Use local sessions or tokens, OAuth and OIDC, Google IAP, API keys, or workload JWTs without tying your application to a database library.
Quickstart
Install the package:
pip install litestar-security
Create app.py:
from litestar import Litestar, get
from litestar.di import NamedDependency
from litestar_security import (
SecurityConfig,
SecurityContext,
SecurityPlugin,
public,
)
@get("/", auth=public(), sync_to_thread=False)
def index(security_context: NamedDependency[SecurityContext]) -> dict[str, bool]:
return {"authenticated": bool(security_context.evidence)}
app = Litestar(route_handlers=[index], plugins=[SecurityPlugin(SecurityConfig())])
Run the application:
litestar --app app:app run
Public routes must be explicit. Once an authentication provider and authorization resolver are configured, routes are protected by default and guards can enforce application permissions:
from litestar import get
from litestar_security import requires_tenant_role, required
@get(
"/tenants/{tenant_id:str}",
auth=required(),
guards=[requires_tenant_role(tenant_parameter="tenant_id", roles={"owner"})],
)
async def tenant_settings(tenant_id: str) -> dict[str, str]:
return {"tenant_id": tenant_id}
Next steps
- Read the documentation
- Choose an authentication provider
- Configure local accounts
- Run the API, team, and local-auth examples
- Browse the API reference
Litestar Security supports Python 3.10 through 3.14 and is licensed under MIT.
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