Thanks, I'll try to piece things together.

On May 15, 5:53 pm, Shannon Cruey <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I'm doing a very rich UI with authentication, but it's all custom.  In my
> experience, while the *concept* of registration/user
> management/authentication is standard, the *implementation* always has some
> nuances.  I suspect that's why there isn't a cookie-cutter authentication
> scheme out there.  (Not to mention if there was one, and everyone loved it
> and used it, it would be far less secure.)
>
> I do the basics from the docs page here:http://webpy.org/docs/0.3/sessions
>
> I then extended that with my specific database stuff for logging in,
> checking password, etc.
>
> For ensuring a user remains authenticated, I put the user_id in the
> session.  I use an auth handler that fires on every request - and throws
> you back to the login page if your cookie ever goes away.  (/bypass is an
> example of a url that *is* allowed, even without an authenticated session.
> Be aware, it appears /static is exempt by default, so don't put anything
> secret in there.)
>
> def auth_app_processor(handle):
>     path = web.ctx.path
>
>     if path == "/bypass":
>         return handle()
>
>     if path != "/login" and not session.get('user', False):
>         raise web.seeother('/login?msg=' + urllib.quote_plus("Session
> expired."))
>
>     return handle()
>
> Just banged this out while eating lunch.  Hope it helps.
> NSC
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Bill Seitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Is there no "standard" library for web.py for providing register/login/
> > etc.?
>
> > The docs page doesn't have much:http://webpy.org/cookbook/userauth
>
> > I found this nice-looking jpscaletti library, but it wouldn't work for
> > me, and the only reference to it in this group was from someone else
> > who hit the same wall with no resolution.
> >http://jpscaletti.com/webpy_auth/
>
> > Is nobody building user UI with web.py, or is just nobody sharing the
> > code?
>
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> > "web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"web.py" 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/webpy?hl=en.

Reply via email to