Django Rest Framework Reference

Installation

pip install propelauth-django-rest-framework

Initialize

init_auth performs a one-time initialization of the library. It will verify your api_key is correct and fetch the metadata needed to verify access tokens in IsUserAuthenticated and AllowAny.

from propelauth_django_rest_framework import init_auth

auth = init_auth("YOUR_AUTH_URL", "YOUR_API_KEY")

Protect API Routes

Protecting an API route is as simple as adding a Django permission to the route.

IsUserAuthenticated

A Django permission that will verify the request was made by a valid user. If a valid access token is provided, it will set request.propelauth_user to be a User Class. If not, the request is rejected with a 401 status code. While not required, you can use the RequiredRequest Class to get full type support.

from propelauth_django_rest_framework import init_auth, RequiredRequest

auth = init_auth("YOUR_AUTH_URL", "YOUR_API_KEY")

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def whoami(request: RequiredRequest):
    return HttpResponse(request.propelauth_user.user_id)

AllowAny

Similar to IsUserAuthenticated, except if an access token is missing or invalid, the request is allowed to continue, but request.propelauth_user will be None. While not required, you can use the OptionalRequest Class to get full type support.

from propelauth_django_rest_framework import OptionalRequest

class OptionalUserView(APIView):
    permission_classes = [auth.AllowAny]

    def get(self, request: OptionalRequest):
        if request.propelauth_user is None:
            return HttpResponse("none")
        return HttpResponse(request.propelauth_user.user_id)

Authorization / Organizations

You can also verify which organizations the user is in, and which roles and permissions they have in each organization all through the User Class.

Check Org Membership

Verify that the request was made by a valid user and that the user is a member of the specified organization. This can be done using the User Class.

from propelauth_django_rest_framework import RequiredRequest

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def org_membership(request: RequiredRequest, org_id):
    org = request.propelauth_user.get_org(org_id)
    if org is None:
        # return 403 error
    return Response(f"You are in org {org.org_name}")

Check Org Membership and Role

Similar to checking org membership, but will also verify that the user has a specific Role in the organization. This can be done using either the User or OrgMemberInfo classes.

A user has a Role within an organization. By default, the available roles are Owner, Admin, or Member, but these can be configured. These roles are also hierarchical, so Owner > Admin > Member.

## Assuming a Role structure of Owner => Admin => Member

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def org_owner(request: RequiredRequest, org_id):
    org = request.propelauth_user.get_org(org_id)
    if (org is None) or (org.user_is_role("Owner") == False):
        # return 403 error
    return Response(f"You are an Owner in org {org.org_name}")

Check Org Membership and Permission

Similar to checking org membership, but will also verify that the user has the specified permission in the organization. This can be done using either the User or OrgMemberInfo classes.

Permissions are arbitrary strings associated with a role. For example, can_view_billing, ProductA::CanCreate, and ReadOnly are all valid permissions. You can create these permissions in the PropelAuth dashboard.

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def org_billing(request: RequiredRequest, org_id):
    org = request.propelauth_user.get_org(org_id)
    if (org is None) or (org.user_has_permission("can_view_billing") == False):
        # return 403 error
    return Response(f"You can view billing information for org {org.org_name}")

User

The User Class contains information about the user that made the request. It can be retrieved by using the IsUserAuthenticated permission.

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def whoami(request: RequiredRequest):
    user = request.propelauth_user
    return Response(user.user_id)

OrgMemberInfo

The OrgMemberInfo Class contains information about the user's membership in an organization. It can be retrieved by first getting the User Class and using either get_org(), get_active_org(), or get_orgs().

@api_view(['GET'])
@permission_classes([auth.IsUserAuthenticated])
def org_membership(request: RequiredRequest, org_id):
    orgMemberInfo = request.propelauth_user.get_org(org_id)
    return Response(orgMemberInfo.org_name)

Calling Backend APIs

You can also use the library to call the PropelAuth APIs directly, allowing you to fetch users, create orgs, and a lot more. See the API Reference for more information.

from propelauth_django_rest_framework import init_auth

auth = init_auth("YOUR_AUTH_URL", "YOUR_API_KEY")

magic_link = auth.create_magic_link(email="test@example.com")