QAbstractOAuth#

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

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#

def authorizationUrl ()
def callback ()
def clientIdentifier ()
def contentType ()
def extraTokens ()
def networkAccessManager ()
def replyHandler ()
def setAuthorizationUrl (url)
def setClientIdentifier (clientIdentifier)
def setContentType (contentType)
def setModifyParametersFunction (modifyParametersFunction)
def setNetworkAccessManager (networkAccessManager)
def setReplyHandler (handler)
def setStatus (status)
def setToken (token)
def status ()
def token ()

Virtual functions#

def deleteResource (url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])
def get (url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])
def grant ()
def head (url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])
def post (url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])
def prepareRequest (request, verb[, body=QByteArray()])
def put (url[, parameters=QVariantMap()])
def resourceOwnerAuthorization (url, parameters)

Signals#

def authorizationUrlChanged (url)
def authorizeWithBrowser (url)
def clientIdentifierChanged (clientIdentifier)
def contentTypeChanged (contentType)
def extraTokensChanged (tokens)
def finished (reply)
def granted ()
def replyDataReceived (data)
def requestFailed (error)
def statusChanged (status)
def tokenChanged (token)

Static functions#

def generateRandomString (length)

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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 .

Access functions:

authorizationUrl ()
setAuthorizationUrl (url)
Signal authorizationUrlChanged (url)

property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.clientIdentifier: str#

Access functions:

clientIdentifier ()
setClientIdentifier (clientIdentifier)
Signal clientIdentifierChanged (clientIdentifier)

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.

Access functions:

contentType ()
setContentType (contentType)
Signal contentTypeChanged (contentType)

property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokens: Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.#

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

Access functions:

extraTokens ()
Signal extraTokensChanged (tokens)

property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.status: Status#

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

Access functions:

status ()
Signal statusChanged (status)

property PᅟySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.token: str#

Access functions:

token ()
setToken (token)
Signal tokenChanged (token)

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.

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.

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, or its response was not successfully received (for example, due to a state mismatch).

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.

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, or its response was not successfully received (for example, due to a state mismatch).
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.

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.

See also

setAuthorizationUrl()

Getter of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizationUrlChanged(url)#

Parameters:: url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl

Notification signal of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.authorizeWithBrowser(url)#

Parameters:: url – PySide6.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.

See also

resourceOwnerAuthorization()

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.

See also

replyHandler() setReplyHandler()

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.clientIdentifier()#

Return type:: str

Returns the current client identifier used in the authentication process.

See also

setClientIdentifier()

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.

See also

setContentType() post()

Getter of property contentType .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.contentTypeChanged(contentType)#

Parameters:: contentType – ContentType

Notification signal of property contentType .

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

Parameters:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

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.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokens()#

Return type:: Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

Returns the extra tokens received from the server during authentication.

See also

extraTokensChanged()

Getter of property extraTokens .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.extraTokensChanged(tokens)#

Parameters:: tokens – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

Notification signal of property extraTokens .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.finished(reply)#

Parameters:: reply – PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply

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

Parameters:: length – int
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.

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

Parameters:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

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.

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:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

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.

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:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

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.

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

Parameters:

request – PySide6.QtNetwork.QNetworkRequest
verb – PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray
body – PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

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:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – Dictionary with keys of type .QString and values of type QVariant.

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.

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.replyDataReceived(data)#

Parameters:: data – PySide6.QtCore.QByteArray

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.replyHandler()#

Return type:: PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuthReplyHandler

Returns the reply handler currently in use.

See also

setReplyHandler() QAbstractOAuthReplyHandler

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.requestFailed(error)#

Parameters:: error – Error

This signal is emitted to indicate that a request to a server has failed. The error supplied indicates how the request failed.

See also

error() tokenRequestErrorOccurred()

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

Parameters:

url – PySide6.QtCore.QUrl
parameters – .QMultiMapQString,QVariant

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.

See also

authorizeWithBrowser()

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setAuthorizationUrl(url)#

Parameters:: url – PySide6.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.

See also

authorizationUrl()

Setter of property authorizationUrl .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setClientIdentifier(clientIdentifier)#

Parameters:: clientIdentifier – str

Sets the current client identifier to clientIdentifier.

See also

clientIdentifier()

Setter of property clientIdentifier .

PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuth.setContentType(contentType)#

Parameters:: contentType – ContentType

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:: networkAccessManager – PySide6.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:: handler – PySide6.QtNetworkAuth.QAbstractOAuthReplyHandler

Sets the current reply handler to handler.

Note

Does not take ownership of handler.