Python Library Reference

PropelAuth’s Python library provides all the building blocks you need to add authentication to any Python backend.

For most Python frameworks, like FastAPI, Django, and Flask, we have built out libraries specifically for them. Those libraries will provide a more first-class experience than this library.

Installation

pip install propelauth_py

Initialize

init_base_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 validate_access_token_and_get_user and validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org.

from propelauth_py import init_base_auth

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

Protect API routes

validate_access_token_and_get_user

This function takes in the Authorization HTTP header and verifies the request was made by a valid user. It expects the header to be in the format Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN. If the Authorization HTTP header is malformed or doesn’t contain a valid access token, an UnauthorizedException is thrown.

Otherwise, a User is returned.

auth_header = # get authorization header in the form `Bearer {TOKEN}`
try:
   user = auth.validate_access_token_and_get_user(auth_header)
   print("Logged in as", user.user_id)
except UnauthorizedException:
   print("Invalid access token")

validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org

This function will verify that a request was made by a valid user AND that user is in an organization.

Argument	Description
Authorization HTTP Header	It expects the header to be in the format `Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN`. If the `Authorization` HTTP header is malformed or doesn’t contain a valid access token, an `UnauthorizedException` is thrown.
Required Org ID	A string representing the organization ID to check that the user is a member of. If the user is NOT a member of the specified organization, a `ForbiddenException` is thrown.

The return value has a user and a org_member_info

A user returned by validate_access_token_and_get_user and validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org.

user_id

The id of the user

org_id_to_org_member_info

A dictionary of org ids to metadata about the org. Includes all orgs that the user is in

legacy_user_id

The original ID of the user, if the user was migrated from an external source

impersonator_user_id

If someone on your team is impersonating another user, this will be set to the employee’s ID. By default, user impersonation is turned off and this will be None

org_member_info returned by validate_access_token_and_get_user and validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org.

org_id

str

The id of the org

org_name

str

The name of the org

user_assigned_role

str

The user’s role within the organization. See Roles and Permissions for more details.

user_is_role(role)

Returns True if the user’s role within the organization matches the role passed in

user_is_at_least_role(role)

Returns True if the user’s role within the organization is at least the role passed in. If the hierarchy of roles is Owner => Admin => Member, specifying “Admin” will return True for Admins and Owners, but False for Members.

user_has_permission(permission)

Return True if the user has a specific permission. The users’ permissions are derived from their role within this organization.

user_has_all_permissions(permissions)

Return True if the user has all the specified permissions. The users’ permissions are derived from their role within this organization.

Roles and Permissions

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.

Roles allow you to control what different users can do within your product. If you want to check a user’s role, you can use auth.validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org_by_minimum_role or auth.validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org_by_exact_role which will very the request was made by a valid user, that user is in the specified organization, AND that the user’s within the organization matches what was passed in.

Permissions are arbitrary strings associated with a role. For example, can_view_billing, ProductA::CanCreate, and ReadOnly are all valid permissions. The PropelAuth dashboard allows you to set up these permissions.

You can use auth.validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org_by_permission or auth.validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org_by_all_permissions to check for a given permission.

All of these functions, just like validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org, will take in an authorization header and an organization ID. The last parameter is either a role, permission, or list of permissions depending on the function.

Fetching functions

Fetch user metadata by id

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_user_metadata_by_user_id(user_id, include_orgs=False)

Parameters

user_id

str

The id of the user

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response:

{
    "user_id":            "e9d3520f-836e-403c-82c2-09843517e1ce",
    "email":              "user@example.com",
    "email_confirmed":    true,
    "has_password":       true,

    "username":           "example",
    "first_name":         "first",
    "last_name":          "last",
    "picture_url":        "https://...",

    // True if the user's account is locked for security purposes.
    "locked":             false,
    "enabled":            true,
    "mfa_enabled":        false,

    "created_at":         1645131680,
    "last_active_at":     1650654711,

    // Only returned if include_orgs = true
    "org_id_to_org_info": {
        "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4": {
            "org_id": "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4",
            "org_name": "ExampleOrganization",
            "user_role": "Owner"
        }
    },

    // Only returned if user was migrated from an external system
    "legacy_user_id":    "507f191e810c19729de860ea"
}

Fetch user metadata by email

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_user_metadata_by_email(email, include_orgs=False)

str

The email of the user

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response is the same as fetch_user_metadata_by_user_id, expect it takes an email as an argument.

Fetch user metadata by username

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_user_metadata_by_username(email, include_orgs=False)

username

str

The username of the user

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response is the same as fetch_user_metadata_by_user_id, expect it takes a username as an argument.

Batch fetch users by ids

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
user_id_to_metadata = auth.fetch_batch_user_metadata_by_user_ids([
    "1be238f3-5908-4c51-b3bf-e53dd763047e",
    "beb00acf-6e48-435d-8388-3758607ec01b",
    "941c99e5-3530-4475-bd0f-bbc5d06603c3"
], include_orgs=False)

user_ids

List[str]

List of user_ids

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Any IDs that don’t have a match are not returned. Duplicate users are only returned once.

user_id_to_metadata will store a dictionary response mapped to the ‘user_ids’ you pass in, as shown below:

{
    "1be238f3-5908-4c51-b3bf-e53dd763047e": {
        "user_id": "e9d3520f-836e-403c-82c2-09843517e1ce",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "email_confirmed": true,
        "has_password": true,

        "username": "example",
        "first_name": "first",
        "last_name": "last",
        "picture_url": "https://...",

        // True if the user's account is locked for security purposes.
        "locked": false,
        "enabled": true,
        "mfa_enabled": false,

        "created_at": 1645131680,
        "last_active_at": 1650654711,

        // Only returned if include_orgs = true
        "org_id_to_org_info": {
            "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4": {
                "org_id": "2ef0e1fc-234f-4dc0-a50c-35adb1bbb7e4",
                "org_name": "ExampleOrganization",
                "user_role": "Owner",
            }
        },

        // Only returned if user was migrated from an external system
        "legacy_user_id":    "507f191e810c19729de860ea"
    },
    "beb00acf-6e48-435d-8388-3758607ec01b": {
        //...
    }
}

Batch fetch users by emails

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_batch_user_metadata_by_emails(["a@example.com", "b@example.com"], include_orgs=True)

emails

List[str]

List of user emails

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response is the same as Batch fetch users by ids, but the keys are matching email addresses.

Batch fetch users by usernames

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_batch_user_metadata_by_usernames(["usera", "userb", "userc"], include_orgs=True)

usernames

List[str]

List of usernames

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response is the same as Batch fetch users by ids, but the keys are matching usernames.

Search for users

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_users_by_query(page_size=10, page_number=0, order_by=UserQueryOrderBy.CREATED_AT_ASC,
                          email_or_username=None, include_orgs=False)

page_size

int

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

page_number

int

Used to page over results

order_by

str

How to order the results. Must be one of: CREATED_AT_ASC, CREATED_AT_DESC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_ASC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_DESC, EMAIL, USERNAME

email_or_username

str

Searches for partial matches within email addresses or usernames. port would match a user with email address support@propelauth.com.

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response:

{
    "total_users": 103,
    "current_page": 0,
    "page_size": 10,
    "has_more_results": true,
    "users": [{
        // See (1) for example users
    }, {
        // There will be 10 users in this response
    }]
}

Example user in response

Fetch users in organization

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_users_in_org(org_id, page_size=10, page_number=0, include_orgs=False)

org_id

str

The organization to fetch users for

page_size

int

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

page_number

int

Used to page over results

include_orgs

bool

Whether to return an org_id_to_org_info object

Successful response:

{
    "total_users": 43,
    "current_page": 0,
    "page_size": 10,
    "has_more_results": true,
    "users": [{
        // See (1) for example users
    }, {
        // There will be 10 users in this response, all in the specified organization
    }]
}

Example user in response

Fetch an organization

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
org = auth.fetch_org(org_id)

org_id

str

The organization to fetch users for

Successful response:

{
    "org_id": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6"
    "name": "OneOfYourCustomers"
}

Fetch all organizations

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.fetch_org_by_query(page_size=10, page_number=0, order_by=OrgQueryOrderBy.CREATED_AT_ASC)

page_size

int

The number of results to return at a time. Must be between 1 and 100, default 10.

page_number

int

Used to page over results

order_by

str

How to order the results. Must be one of: CREATED_AT_ASC, CREATED_AT_DESC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_ASC, LAST_ACTIVE_AT_DESC, EMAIL, USERNAME

Successful response:

{
    "total_orgs": 21,
    "current_page": 0,
    "page_size": 10,
    "has_more_results": true,
    "orgs": [{
        "org_id": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6",
        "name": "OneOfYourCustomers"
    }, {
        // There will be 10 orgs in this response
    }]
}

User Management

Create User

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.create_user(email, email_confirmed=False, send_email_to_confirm_email_address=True,
                 ask_user_to_update_password_on_login=False,
                 password=None, username=None, first_name=None, last_name=None)

str

The user’s email address

email_confirmed

bool

Whether the email address should start off as already confirmed. If false, the user is required to confirm the email address before they sign in.

send_email_to_confirm_email_address

bool

Whether we should send an email immediately to confirm the user’s email address. If false, the user will get a confirmation email when they first sign in.

ask_user_to_update_password_on_login

bool

Whether we should require the user to set or update their password on initial login. Default false

password

str

Optional password. If unset, the user can set it themselves via their account page

username

str

Optional username. Can only be used if username is enabled in your user schema

first_name

str

Optional first name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

last_name

str

Optional last name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

Successful response:

{
    "user_id": "b5f667fb-e51a-49c6-a396-711e62948689"
}

Update User Email

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.update_user_email(user_id, new_email, require_email_confirmation)

user_id

str

The id of the user

new_email

str

New email address for this user

require_email_confirmation

bool

Whether the new email address requires confirmation. If true, an email will be sent to the new email address to confirm. If false, the users email address will be updated and confirmed immediately.

Update User Metadata

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.update_user_metadata(user_id, username=None, first_name=None, last_name=None, metadata=None)

user_id

str

The id of the user

username

str

Optional username. Can only be used if username is enabled in your user schema

first_name

str

Optional first name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

last_name

str

Optional last name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

metadata

dict

Optional custom metadata dictionary.

Update User Password

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.update_user_password(user_id, password, ask_user_to_update_password_on_login=False)

user_id

str

The id of the user

password

str

The id of the user

ask_user_to_update_password_on_login

bool

(Optional) Whether we should require the user to set or update their password the next time they visit your product. Default false

Delete user

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.delete_user(user_id)

user_id

str

The id of the user

Disable user

If successful, the user is logged out and unable to log back in.

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.disable_user(user_id)

user_id

str

The id of the user

Enable user

If successful, the user is able to log back in again.

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the user was not found
auth.enable_user(user_id)

user_id

str

The id of the user

Migrate User from External Source

A similar function to Create User, but for cases where you already have a user stored in an external system. You can, for example, pass in a password hash for an existing user, and they will be able to login with their same password. It is also possible to provide an existing identifier, and we will store and return it along with our future identifiers, allowing you to link them.

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.migrate_user_from_external_source(email, email_confirmed,
                                       existing_user_id=None, existing_password_hash=None,
                                       existing_mfa_base32_encoded_secret=None,
                                       ask_user_to_update_password_on_login=False,
                                       enabled=None, first_name=None, last_name=None, username=None)

str

The user’s email address

email_confirmed

bool

Whether the email address should start off as already confirmed. If false, the user is required to confirm the email address before they sign in.

existing_user_id

str

(Optional) The user’s ID in the existing system. This ID will be stored on the user as a legacy_user_id and it is present everywhere user_id’s are (e.g. fetching user metadata or validating a user’s token).

existing_password_hash

str

(Optional) The user’s hashed password. We support both bcrypt and argon2 password hashes.

existing_mfa_base32_encoded_secret

str

(Optional) The user’s MFA secret, base32 encoded. If specified the user will have MFA enabled by default.

ask_user_to_update_password_on_login

bool

(Optional) Whether we should require the user to set or update their password on initial login. Default false

enabled

bool

(Optional) Whether or not the user can login

username

str

Optional username. Can only be used if username is enabled in your user schema

first_name

str

Optional first name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

last_name

str

Optional last name. Can only be used if name is enabled in your user schema

Successful response:

{
    "user_id": "b5f667fb-e51a-49c6-a396-711e62948689"
}

Create magic link

Creates a magic link that a user can use to log in. Use this API if you’d prefer to send the magic link to the customer yourself, otherwise, we have Create User which will email them directly.

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.create_magic_link(email, redirect_to_url=None, expires_in_hours=None, create_new_user_if_one_doesnt_exist=None)

Argument	Description
email	The user’s email address
redirect_to_url	(Optional) Where to redirect the user after they login. If unspecified, will use the login redirect path specified in your dashboard.
expires_in_hours	(Optional) How many hours should the link be valid for?
create_new_user_if_one_doesnt_exist	(Optional) If true, this will create a new user if one matching the provided email address doesn’t exist. If false, the request will fail if no user with that email exists. Default is true.

str

The user’s email address

redirect_to_url

str

(Optional) Where to redirect the user after they login. If unspecified, will use the login redirect path specified in your dashboard.

expires_in_hours

int

(Optional) How many hours should the link be valid for?

create_new_user_if_one_doesnt_exist

bool

(Optional) If true, this will create a new user if one matching the provided email address doesn’t exist. If false, the request will fail if no user with that email exists. Default is true.

Successful response:

{
    "url": "https://auth.yourdomain.com/..."
}

Create Access Token

Our frontend libraries allow you to get access tokens that can be sent to the backend. The backend is then responsible for verifying these tokens.

For testing purposes, you may want to create access tokens separately from the frontend and set a custom expiration time. With this API, you can create access tokens for users programmatically and set a custom expiration.

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.create_access_token(user_id, duration_in_minutes)

user_id

str

The id of the user

duration_in_minutes

int

How long the token is valid for, in minutes.

Successful response:

{
    "access_token": "..."
}

Org Management

Create Organization

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.create_org(name)

name

str

The organization’s name

Successful response:

{
    "org_id": "d488996d-8ccc-4101-b5f2-131f5f09ddb6"
}

Add user to organization

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.add_user_to_org(user_id, org_id, role)

user_id

str

The id of the user

org_id

str

The org’s ID

role

str

The role of the user in that organization, e.g. Admin

Successful response:

{}

Allow organization to set up SAML connection

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.allow_org_to_setup_saml_connection(org_id)

orgId

str

The org’s ID

Returns True if successful, meaning the organization can now set up SAML connections.

Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
auth.disallow_org_to_setup_saml_connection(org_id)

orgId

str

The org’s ID

Returns True if successful, meaning the organization can no longer set up SAML connections.

Update Organization Metadata

# auth object comes from init_base_auth
# Returns true if it was successful, false if the organization was not found
auth.update_org_metadata(org_id, name=None, can_setup_saml=None, metadata=None)

orgId

str

The org’s ID

name

str

Optional organization name. Updates the name of the organization.

can_setup_saml

bool

Optional boolean. If enabled this organization has access to setup SAML connections via our hosted UI’s.

metadata

dict

Optional custom metadata dictionary.

Full Reference

​Installation

​Initialize

​Protect API routes

​validate_access_token_and_get_user

​validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org

​Roles and Permissions

​Fetching functions

​Fetch user metadata by id

​Fetch user metadata by email

​Fetch user metadata by username

​Batch fetch users by ids

​Batch fetch users by emails

​Batch fetch users by usernames

​Search for users

​Fetch users in organization

​Fetch an organization

​Fetch all organizations

​User Management

​Create User

​Update User Email

​Update User Metadata

​Update User Password

​Delete user

​Disable user

​Enable user

​Migrate User from External Source

​Create magic link

​Create Access Token

​Org Management

​Create Organization

​Add user to organization

​Allow organization to set up SAML connection

​Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

​Update Organization Metadata

Installation

Initialize

Protect API routes

validate_access_token_and_get_user

validate_access_token_and_get_user_with_org

Roles and Permissions

Fetching functions

Fetch user metadata by id

Fetch user metadata by email

Fetch user metadata by username

Batch fetch users by ids

Batch fetch users by emails

Batch fetch users by usernames

Search for users

Fetch users in organization

Fetch an organization

Fetch all organizations

User Management

Create User

Update User Email

Update User Metadata

Update User Password

Delete user

Disable user

Enable user

Migrate User from External Source

Create magic link

Create Access Token

Org Management

Create Organization

Add user to organization

Allow organization to set up SAML connection

Disallow organization to set up SAML connection

Update Organization Metadata