Initial work on V2 of the Auth API, also fixes for V1

api/handlers/v2.py

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+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+
+from piston.handler import BaseHandler
+from piston.utils import rc
+
+class AuthenticationHandler(BaseHandler):
+    """
+    Authenticate a user against the Auth user DB.
+    Provides back a session allowing further access
+    """
+
+    allowed_methods = ('GET')
+
+    def read(self, request, username, password):
+
+        user = get_object_or_404(User, username=username)
+        if password and password == user.get_profile().api_service_password:
+            return {'id': user.id, 'username': user.username,
+                    'email': user.email, 'groups': user.groups.all(),
+                    'staff': user.is_staff, 'superuser': user.is_superuser}
+
+        resp = rc.FORBIDDEN
+        resp.write({'auth': 'failed'})
+        return resp