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django-testauth/auth.py

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+import hashlib
+from string import lower
+import django.utils.simplejson as json
+import urllib
+import urllib2
+from hashlib import sha1
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User, check_password, Group
+import settings
+
+class TESTAuthBackend:
+    """
+    Django authentication backend for authenticating against TEST's Auth System.
+    """
+    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
+
+        valid = False
+
+        if username and password:
+            # Call the webservice
+            api_url = 'https://auth.pleaseignore.com/api/1.0/login/'
+            params = { 'user': username, 'pass': sha1(password).hexdigest() }
+            try:
+                raw = urllib2.urlopen('%s?%s' % (api_url, urllib.urlencode(params)))
+            except urllib2.HTTPError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                obj = json.loads(raw.read())
+
+                if 'auth' in obj and obj['auth'] == 'ok':
+                    email = obj['email']
+                    groups = obj['groups']
+                    valid = True
+
+        if valid:
+            user, created = User.objects.get_or_create(username=username.lower())
+            if created:
+                user.set_unusable_password() # disable login through Model backend
+                user.save()
+            if email:
+                user.email = email
+
+            if getattr(settings, 'TEST_AUTH_CREATE_GROUPS', False):
+                for g in groups:
+                    group, created = Group.objects.get_or_create(name=g['name'])
+                    user.groups.add(group)
+
+            return user
+        return None
+
+    def get_user(self, user_id):
+        try:
+            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            return None
+