Method authenticate

src/auth/tornado_auth.py:59–99

(self, request_handler)

    @gen.coroutine
    def authenticate(self, request_handler):
        if not self.is_enabled():
            return

        LOGGER.info('Trying to authenticate user')

        login_generic_error = 'Something went wrong. Please contact the administrator or try later'

        try:
            username = self.authenticator.authenticate(request_handler)
            if asyncio.iscoroutine(username):
                username = yield username

        except auth_base.AuthRejectedError as e:
            respond_error(request_handler, 401, e.get_message())
            return

        except auth_base.AuthFailureError:
            respond_error(request_handler, 500, login_generic_error)
            return

        except auth_base.AuthBadRequestException as e:
            respond_error(request_handler, 400, e.get_message())
            return

        except:
            LOGGER.exception('Failed to call authenticate')
            respond_error(request_handler, 500, login_generic_error)
            return

        LOGGER.info('Authenticated user ' + username)

        request_handler.set_secure_cookie('username', username, expires_days=self.authenticator.auth_expiration_days)

        path = tornado.escape.url_unescape(request_handler.get_argument('next', '/'))

        # redirect only to internal URLs
        if path.startswith('http'):
            path = '/'

        redirect_relative(path, request_handler)

    def get_client_visible_config(self):
        result = {'type': self.authenticator.auth_type}