Creating the Authentication API

The script goes in the langman directory, and we run it with:

$ export FLASK_ENV=dev_lite
$ export FLASK_APP=server.run_auth_api
$ pipenv run flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=3000

Using httpie

Now we can play with it using httpie.

Register new account

First, we register a new account with the username SomeName and password Secret.

$ http POST 0.0.0.0:3000/auth username=SomeName password=Secret

{
    "access_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpYXQiOjE1ODAwMDc0NDgsIm5iZiI6MTU4MDAwNzQ0OCwianRpIjoiNTIyM2UzZjYtZmU2MS00ZDYzLWI5NzItYjM1Y2U1NjIwMGE1IiwiZXhwIjoxNTgwMDkzODQ4LCJpZGVudGl0eSI6IjUwZDgyM2FmLTRmYmYtM2M3MS05OWUyLTNhNzQ5NzhlMjA1MCIsImZyZXNoIjpmYWxzZSwidHlwZSI6ImFjY2VzcyIsInVzZXJfY2xhaW1zIjp7ImFjY2VzcyI6InBsYXllciIsIm5hbWUiOiJTb21lTmFtZSJ9fQ.k6qaZ0LQyghPKePHD46j3EuFjNh6yA7ugOYepy7GvuE"
}

We can also log in using the httpie. This produces a token, too, but it’s a different one:

$ http PUT 0.0.0.0:3000/auth

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