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Make tokens more reliable #103

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https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/restful-authentication-with-flask

After discussing with people in #help

uuid is not a good usage of tokens:

This is how the father of flask Miguel Grinberg recommends:

import base64
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import os

class User(UserMixin, PaginatedAPIMixin, db.Model):
    # ...
    token = db.Column(db.String(32), index=True, unique=True)
    token_expiration = db.Column(db.DateTime)

    # ...

    def get_token(self, expires_in=3600):
        now = datetime.utcnow()
        if self.token and self.token_expiration > now + timedelta(seconds=60):
            return self.token
        self.token = base64.b64encode(os.urandom(24)).decode('utf-8')
        self.token_expiration = now + timedelta(seconds=expires_in)
        db.session.add(self)
        return self.token

    def revoke_token(self):
        self.token_expiration = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(seconds=1)

    @staticmethod
    def check_token(token):
        user = User.query.filter_by(token=token).first()
        if user is None or user.token_expiration < datetime.utcnow():
            return None
        return user

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