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Tutorial: Enable your Python Django web app to sign in users and call APIs with the Microsoft identity platform

The Microsoft identity platform, along with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and Azure Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) are central to the Azure cloud ecosystem. This tutorial aims to take you through the fundamentals of modern authentication using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Python

We recommend following the chapters in successive order. However, the code samples are self-contained, so feel free to pick samples by topics that you may need at the moment.

⚠️ This is a work in progress. Come back frequently to discover more samples.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8
• A virtual environment to install python packages into
• Visual Studio Code
• VS Code Azure Tools Extension

Please refer to each chapter's README for sample-specific prerequisites.

Recommendations

• Some familiarity with the Django Web Framework
• Some familiarity with Linux/MacOS terminal or Windows PowerShell
• jwt.ms for inspecting your tokens.
• Fiddler for monitoring your network activity and troubleshooting.
• Follow the Azure AD Blog to stay up-to-date with the latest developments.

Please refer to each sample's README for sample-specific recommendations.

Contents

Chapter 1: Enable your web application to sign in users

	1.1 Sign-in with Azure AD Sign your users in with Azure AD and learn to work with ID Tokens.
	1.2 Sign-in with Azure AD B2C Sign your customers in with Azure AD B2C. Learn to integrate with external social identity providers. Learn how to use user-flows and custom policies.

Chapter 2: Get an Access Token and call Microsoft Graph

	2.1 Acquire an Access Token from Azure AD and call Microsoft Graph Enable your web app to acquire an Access Token to Authorize it to call Microsoft Graph API.

Chapter 3: Deploy your app to Azure

	3.1 Deploy to Azure App Service Prepare your app for deployment to Azure App Service. Learn how to set up a database, deploy a web app, configure authentication parameters and use various Azure services for managing your operations.

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More information

Learn more about the Microsoft identity platform:

• Microsoft identity platform
• Azure Active Directory B2C
• Overview of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
• Application types for Microsoft identity platform
• Understanding Azure AD application consent experiences
• Understand user and admin consent
• Application and service principal objects in Azure Active Directory
• Microsoft identity platform best practices and recommendations

See more code samples:

• MSAL code samples
• MSAL B2C code samples

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Contributing

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Code of Conduct

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