from flask import Blueprint, request, session, abort
import json
# this blueprint provides the /authenticate endpoint for an app
# for various reasons we can't call the blueprint instance, the function, and the source file
# all the same thing: "auth". So we have three names:
# module: auth
# blueprint: auth_api
# function: login, logout
# so the url_for call is url_for('auth_api.login')
auth_api = Blueprint('auth_api', __name__)
auth_api.auth_callback = lambda u,p: True
@auth_api.route('/login',methods=['POST'])
def login():
(u,p) = (request.form['username'], request.form['password'])
if auth_api.auth_callback(u,p):
session['username'] = u
return json.dumps(dict(username=u))
else:
abort(401)
@auth_api.route('/logout')
def logout():
session.pop('username', None)
return json.dumps(dict(status='loggedOut'))
