Hi Massimo, I like the plugin. Just three methods to implement and I do not not need to know how Auth works under the hood. In terms of maintenance this seems nice, as it's quite loosely coupled. Sure, when extending Auth, the user only has to change Auth to OpenIDAuth in the model, but that's only because the skeleton app now comes with an auth controller function. If you really prefer Auth to be extended, I'll give it a try, but I would prefer to see auth's plugin mechanism to work consistently (unless it does already and I misunderstood how to use it). I can post to the dev-group regarding the auth 'inconsistency' as I see it.
Regards, HC On Aug 2, 1:12 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > No. I am just saying that saying that it will be easier to implement a > new class that extends Auth with OpenID, instead of creating a OpenID > plugin for Auth. > The interface will be the same so you do not need to change your code > but you need to change the line > > auth=Auth(...) > > to > > auth=OpenIDAuth(...) > > On Aug 2, 12:09 am, Bottiger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Massimo, are you saying that there will never be an official Web2Py > > incorporation of OpenID and Auth? > > > On Aug 1, 3:54 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sorry it took me so long. I looked into this and it cannot be done > > > this way easily as I though. The reason is that OID uses the two > > > tables you created (and you are correct) and does not use auth_user at > > > all. Hence it cannot take advantage of the functionality of Auth > > > (access control, etc etc.). Open id can only determine if a user is > > > logged in or not. > > > > The best one can do is create a new OpenIDAuth class that replaces > > > Auth and exposes similar 'login', 'logout', 'require login' > > > functionality. > > > > I think you did this already in the OpenID app. > > > > Massimo > > > > On Jul 29, 5:12 pm, hcvst <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am just trying to implement CasAuth to plug openID (oID) into auth > > > > (). > > > > I've got a simple oID server/consumer app using the Janrain > > > > Python oID lib. > > > > > The login_methods.gae example included in the login_methods folder > > > > seems to fit (too) well, as all external calls are wrapped nicely in > > > > the > > > > gae lib, but I am struggling to see how to do the same with my oID. > > > > > Here's what I've tried now. It works.. just. > > > > > 1 - Pack all oID functionality into a module and place it in > > > > myapp/modules > > > > .../modules/w2popenid.py (http://pastebin.co.za/23469) > > > > > 2 - the module provides an oID service a bit like Auth such > > > > that it can be served via a single controller function. > > > > > consumer_service = w2popenid.Consumer(env, db) > > > > def oid_consumer(): return (form=consumer_service()) > > > > > 3 - in db.py, I set auth.settings.login_form (or so) to > > > > > from app.modules.w2popenid import OpenIDAuth > > > > auth.settings.login_form = OpenIDAuth(service_url, globals()) > > > > > where > > > > OpenIDAuth implements/extends the class CasAuth > > > > and service_url : URL(...f='oid_consumer') > > > > is the url of the controller function bound to consumer_ service > > > > in 2. above so that CasAuth.login_url can provide the service URL, > > > > when asked by auth. > > > > > Then it's a back and forth between controller, openID provider > > > > and OpenIDAuth, with all required data stored somewhere in session. > > > > > Is that how one should plug sth like oid into auth()? > > > > > If that is the correct approch, there are some other issues: > > > > For example if oid_consumer() is defined outside the default > > > > controller, > > > > auth() seems to get mixed up and redirects to the default controller. > > > > Also, I don't seem to be able to flash my status codes back via > > > > session.flash > > > > Finally I am not sure whether I have to extend the users table to > > > > cater for > > > > additional openID fields and how best to do this. > > > > But these are issues to solve once I know I didn't misunderstand > > > > login_methods.. > > > > > If this doesn't make much sense. Please get me to the point tomorrow. > > > > Time to say... > > > > > Good night, > > > > HC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
