Readme for test_auth

This is an evaluation of authlib for the purpose of using ORCID to authenticate access to a FastAPI endpoint.

The following OAuth 2.0 roles are used:

• Client: The web browser
• Authorization Server: The ORCID OAuth service
• Resource Server: This FastAPI application
• Resource Owner: The user wit hthe account on ORCID

Operation

Installing:

mkvirtualenv test_auth
poetry install

Edit app/.env setting:

SECRET_KEY={some random string}
ORCID_KEYS=https://orcid.org/oauth/jwks
ORCID_ISSUER=https://orcid.org
ORCID_CLIENT_ID={ORCID Client ID}
ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET={ORCID client secret}

The ORCID oauth client settings are at: https://orcid.org/developer-tools

To run:

cd app
python main.py

Visit http://localhost:8000/

The default page / shows information about the user credentials if logged in.

The /protected page can be viewed by a browser client if the session cookie is set and it contains a valid token, or the client includes the JWT in an Authorization: Bearer {JWT} header.