swh.web.auth.utils module#
- swh.web.auth.utils.encrypt_data(data: bytes, password: bytes, salt: bytes) bytes[source]#
Encrypt data using Fernet system (symmetric encryption).
- Parameters:
data – input data to encrypt
password – user password that will be used to generate a Fernet key derivation function
salt – value that will be used to generate a Fernet key derivation function
- Returns:
The encrypted data
- swh.web.auth.utils.decrypt_data(data: bytes, password: bytes, salt: bytes) bytes[source]#
Decrypt data using Fernet system (symmetric encryption).
- Parameters:
data – input data to decrypt
password – user password that will be used to generate a Fernet key derivation function
salt – value that will be used to generate a Fernet key derivation function
- Returns:
The decrypted data
- swh.web.auth.utils.privileged_user(request: HttpRequest, permissions: List[str] = []) bool[source]#
Determine whether a user is authenticated and is a privileged one (e.g ambassador). This allows such user to have access to some more actions (e.g. bypass save code now review, access to ‘archives’ type…). A user is considered as privileged if he is a staff member or has any permission from those provided as parameters.
- Parameters:
request – Input django HTTP request
permissions – list of permission names to determine if user is privileged or not
- Returns:
Whether the user is privileged or not.