July 2017
Beginner to intermediate
340 pages
7h 43m
English
Content preview from Python Microservices Development
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Authentication and authorization
The React dashboard needs to be able to authenticate its users, and perform authorized calls on some microservices. It also needs to let the user grant access to Strava.
We make the assumption that the dashboard only works when you are authenticated, and that there are two kinds of users: first-time user and returning user.
Following is the user story for first-time users:
As a first-time user, when I visit the dashboard, there's a "login" link. When I click on it, the dashboard redirects me to Strava to grant access to my resources. Strava then redirects me back to the dashboard, and I am connected. The dashboard then starts to fill with my data.
As described, our Flask app performs an OAuth2 dance with Strava ...