QAbstractOAuth#

The QAbstractOAuth class is the base of all implementations of OAuth authentication methods. More

Inheritance diagram of PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth

Inherited by: QOAuth1, QAbstractOAuth2, QOAuth2AuthorizationCodeFlow

Synopsis#

Properties#

  • authorizationUrl - This property holds the URL used to request the Resource Owner Authorization as described in: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol: Resource Owner Authorization

  • clientIdentifier

  • contentType - Content-Type to use when sending authorization parameters

  • extraTokens - This property holds the extra tokens received from the server

  • status - This property holds the current authentication status

  • token

Functions#

Virtual functions#

Signals#

Static functions#

Note

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Detailed Description#

The class defines the basic interface of the OAuth authentication classes. By inheriting this class, you can create custom authentication methods for different web services.

It also contains some functions to ease the process of implementing different authentication flows.

class PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth#

Note

Properties can be used directly when from __feature__ import true_property is used or via accessor functions otherwise.

property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizationUrl: PySide6.QtCore.QUrl#

This property holds This property holds the URL used to request the Resource Owner Authorization as described in: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol: Resource Owner Authorization .

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property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.clientIdentifier: str#
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property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.contentType: ContentType#

This property holds The Content-Type to use when sending authorization parameters..

This property controls how parameters are formatted when sent with a POST request. A suitable header is also added.

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property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokens#

This property holds This property holds the extra tokens received from the server..

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property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.status: Status#

This property holds This property holds the current authentication status..

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property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.token: str#
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PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.Status#

Indicates the current authentication status.

Constant

Description

QAbstractOAuth.Status.NotAuthenticated

No token has been retrieved.

QAbstractOAuth.Status.TemporaryCredentialsReceived

Temporary credentials have been received, this status is used in some OAuth authetication methods.

QAbstractOAuth.Status.Granted

Token credentials have been received and authenticated calls are allowed.

QAbstractOAuth.Status.RefreshingToken

New token credentials have been requested.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.Stage#

Identifies an authentication stage. It’s passed to a modifyParametersFunction so that it can make different changes to parameters at each call to it during the process of authentication.

Constant

Description

QAbstractOAuth.Stage.RequestingTemporaryCredentials

Preparing the temporary credentials request.

QAbstractOAuth.Stage.RequestingAuthorization

Preparing the authorization grant URL.

QAbstractOAuth.Stage.RequestingAccessToken

Preparing the token request.

QAbstractOAuth.Stage.RefreshingAccessToken

Preparing the access token refresh.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.Error#

Indicates the latest received error.

Constant

Description

QAbstractOAuth.Error.NoError

No error has ocurred.

QAbstractOAuth.Error.NetworkError

Failed to connect to the server.

QAbstractOAuth.Error.ServerError

The server answered the request with an error.

QAbstractOAuth.Error.OAuthTokenNotFoundError

The server’s response to a token request provided no token identifier.

QAbstractOAuth.Error.OAuthTokenSecretNotFoundError

The server’s response to a token request provided no token secret.

QAbstractOAuth.Error.OAuthCallbackNotVerified

The authorization server has not verified the supplied callback URI in the request. This usually happens when the provided callback does not match with the callback supplied during client registration.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.ContentType#

Indicates the MIME Content-Type of the POST methods in authenticated calls.

Constant

Description

QAbstractOAuth.ContentType.WwwFormUrlEncoded

Uses application/x-www-form-urlencoded format.

QAbstractOAuth.ContentType.Json

Uses application/json format.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizationUrl()#
Return type:

PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Returns the authorization request URL.

Getter of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizationUrlChanged(url)#
Parameters:

urlPySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Notification signal of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizeWithBrowser(url)#
Parameters:

urlPySide6.QtCore.QUrl

This signal is emitted when the url generated by resourceOwnerAuthorization() is ready to be used in the web browser to allow the application to impersonate the user.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.callback()#
Return type:

str

Returns the current callback string corresponding to the current reply handler. The returned string is the string sent to the server to specify the callback URI, or the word identifying the alternative method in headless devices.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.clientIdentifier()#
Return type:

str

Returns the current client identifier used in the authentication process.

Getter of property clientIdentifier .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.clientIdentifierChanged(clientIdentifier)#
Parameters:

clientIdentifier – str

Notification signal of property clientIdentifier .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.contentType()#
Return type:

ContentType

Returns the current Content-Type used in authenticated calls.

Getter of property contentType .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.contentTypeChanged(contentType)#
Parameters:

contentTypeContentType

Notification signal of property contentType .

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.deleteResource(url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])#
Parameters:
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

Sends an authenticated DELETE request and returns a new QNetworkReply . The url and parameters are used to create the request.

See also: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1: DELETE

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokens()#
Return type:

Returns the extra tokens received from the server during authentication.

Getter of property extraTokens .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokensChanged(tokens)#
Parameters:

tokens

Notification signal of property extraTokens .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.finished(reply)#
Parameters:

replyPySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

static PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.generateRandomString(length)#
Parameters:

lengthquint8

Return type:

PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

Generates a random string which could be used as state or nonce. The parameter length determines the size of the generated string.

See also: The OAuth 1.0 Protocol: Nonce and Timestamp .

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.get(url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])#
Parameters:
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

Sends an authenticated GET request and returns a new QNetworkReply . The url and parameters are used to create the request.

See also: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1: GET

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.grant()#

Override this function to implement the corresponding authentication flow in the subclasses. Client code calls this function to start the authentication workflow. This may require user interaction: for example, asking the user’s authorization via a web browser. When the authentication succeeds, it should emit granted() ; this gives notice that credentials are ready to be used in authenticated calls.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.granted()#

This signal is emitted when the authorization flow finishes successfully.

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.head(url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])#
Parameters:
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

Sends an authenticated HEAD request and returns a new QNetworkReply . The url and parameters are used to create the request.

See also: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1: HEAD

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.networkAccessManager()#
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkAccessManager

Returns the current network access manager used to send the requests to the server during authentication flows or to make authentication calls.

See also

setNetworkAccessManager() QNetworkAccessManager

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.post(url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])#
Parameters:
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

Sends an authenticated POST request and returns a new QNetworkReply . The url and parameters are used to create the request.

See also: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1: POST

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.prepareRequest(request, verb[, body=QByteArray()])#
Parameters:

Authorizes the given request by adding a header and body to it required for authenticated requests.

The verb must be a valid HTTP verb and the same as the one that will be used to send the request.

abstract PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.put(url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])#
Parameters:
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

Sends an authenticated PUT request and returns a new QNetworkReply . The url and parameters are used to create the request.

See also: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1: PUT

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.replyDataReceived(data)#
Parameters:

dataPySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.replyHandler()#
Return type:

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuthReplyHandler

Returns the reply handler currently in use.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.requestFailed(error)#
Parameters:

errorError

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.resourceOwnerAuthorization(url, parameters)#
Parameters:

Builds the resource owner authorization URL to be used in the web browser: url is used as the base URL and the query is created using parameters. When the URL is ready, the authorizeWithBrowser() signal will be emitted with the generated URL.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setAuthorizationUrl(url)#
Parameters:

urlPySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Sets the authorization request URL to url. This address will be used to allow the user to grant the application the ability to make authenticated calls on behalf of the user.

Setter of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setClientIdentifier(clientIdentifier)#
Parameters:

clientIdentifier – str

Sets the current client identifier to clientIdentifier.

Setter of property clientIdentifier .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setContentType(contentType)#
Parameters:

contentTypeContentType

Sets the current Content-Type to contentType.

See also

contentType()

Setter of property contentType .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setModifyParametersFunction(modifyParametersFunction)#
Parameters:

modifyParametersFunction – object

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setNetworkAccessManager(networkAccessManager)#
Parameters:

networkAccessManagerPySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkAccessManager

Sets the network manager to networkAccessManager. QAbstractOAuth does not take ownership of networkAccessManager. If no custom network access manager is set, an internal network access manager is used. This network access manager will be used to make the request to the authentication server and the authenticated request to the web service.

See also

networkAccessManager() QNetworkAccessManager

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setReplyHandler(handler)#
Parameters:

handlerPySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuthReplyHandler

Sets the current reply handler to handler.

Note

Does not take ownership of handler.

See also

replyHandler()

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setStatus(status)#
Parameters:

statusStatus

Sets the current status to status. This method is for use by classes based on QAbstractOAuth .

See also

status()

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setToken(token)#
Parameters:

token – str

Sets the token used to sign authenticated requests to token.

See also

token()

Setter of property token .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.status()#
Return type:

Status

Returns the current authentication status.

See also

setStatus() Status

Getter of property status .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.statusChanged(status)#
Parameters:

statusStatus

Notification signal of property status .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.token()#
Return type:

str

Returns the token used to sign the authenticated requests.

See also

setToken()

Getter of property token .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.tokenChanged(token)#
Parameters:

token – str

Notification signal of property token .