httpie-hmac-auth

HMAC auth plugin for HTTPie.

HTTP requests will be signed with a shared secret key using HMAC. The string to sign format is:

<Method>\n
<Content-MD5>\n
<Content-Type>\n
<Date>\n
<URL>

Example String-to-sign

POST
vVqHE1k/uBRCoWe0FAh95g==
application/json
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:57:28 GMT
/api/v1/avatars

Example Authorization Header with HMAC signature

Authorization: HMAC XH+v0qhV4i/89y/DT2OOJx9Kjf3f/0j+w2aGZk625nU=

Installation

$ pip install httpie-hmac-auth

You should now see hmac under --auth-type in $ http --help output.

Usage

$ http --auth-type=hmac --auth='client:secret' example.org

Examples

To authenticate a client request when an access key is required by the server to lookup the shared secret:

$ http --auth-type=hmac --auth="client:secret" example.org

To authenticate a client request when there is no requirement for a client to supply an access key:

$ http --auth-type=hmac --auth=":secret" example.org

License

Copyright (c) 2016 The Guardian. Available under the MIT License.