Have you created a User Pool in Cognito to store the user profile? If you have configured it correctly, you should get a token when your app call Cognito to authenticate the credentials. If you get None response, there could be a configuration issue.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:09 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > I am changing the login authentication to be handled by AWS Cognito and > require some clarification around the approach as cannot get it to work > correctly > > 1. I have created a class cog_login that has been assigned to the > > auth.settings.login_methods = [cog_login] > > 1. > > One of the functions that is in the class is called authenticate() > that takes username and password arguments that the user enters from the > standard web2py forms user/login > 2. > > In the def user() controller in default I have the following: > > cog_login().authenticate(request.vars.email, request.vars.password) > > This queries AWS and returns True if passes, False otherwise. > > 1. > > I am not clear on what to do with the True, False response within the > def user() as it doesn't seem to populate auth.user which always remains as > None. > 2. > > I have tried to force the population of auth.user getting the contents > of auth_user, i.e. auth.user = row[0]. This does populate auth.user > performing tests auth.is_logged_in() results in a True response. > > However when continuing through the def user() the standard onlogin > redirect doesn't forward to the main page indicating web2py isnt recording > this as authentication accepted. > > 1. I have also tried a redirect if "auth.is_logged_in()" but the > decorators @auth.requires_login on the main page don't detect the login and > redirect back to the login page. > > ------------------------------ > > Is this approach correct, I seem to be missing a step that knits the > successful AWS login to Web2py > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
