Simple OpenID

One line OpenID login for Flask

Setup

Import the module:

from simple_openid import SimpleOpenID

Configure it:

openid = SimpleOpenID(app, 'YOUR_APP_SECRET')

Arguments

Required

• app - Your Flask App
• secret - Flask App secret

Optional

• valid_domain - Domains to restrict login to. Defaults to '', which allows login with emails from any domain.
• login_url - URL to your login page. This page should contain a link to /login_redirect. Defaults to login.html
• openid_url - Auth URL for OpenID provider. Defaults to Google.

Use

Restricting Login

To restrict access to a page, use the require_login decorator.

Example:

@app.route('/hello')
@openid.require_login
def main():
    return 'Hello World'

Access user info with the user_realname and user_email properties.

@app.route('/hello')
@openid.require_login
def main():
    return '{email}, {realname}'.format(email=openid.user_email, realname=openid.user_realname