Warrant
Makes working with AWS Cognito easier for Python developers.
Getting Started
- Python Versions Supported
- Install
- Environment Variables
- COGNITO_JWKS (optional)
- Cognito Utility Class
warrant.Cognito
- Cognito SRP Utility
warrant.aws_srp.AWSSRP
- Projects Using Warrant
- Authors
- Release Notes
Python Versions Supported
- 2.7
- 3.6
Install
pip install warrant
Environment Variables
COGNITO_JWKS
Optional: This environment variable is a dictionary that represent the well known JWKs assigned to your user pool by AWS Cognito. You can find the keys for your user pool by substituting in your AWS region and pool id for the following example.
https://cognito-idp.{aws-region}.amazonaws.com/{user-pool-id}/.well-known/jwks.json
Example Value (Not Real):
COGNITO_JWKS={"keys": [{"alg": "RS256","e": "AQAB","kid": "123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP","kty": "RSA","n": "123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP","use": "sig"},{"alg": "RS256","e": "AQAB","kid": "123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP","kty": "RSA","n": "123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP","use": "sig"}]}
Cognito Utility Class
Example with All Arguments
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
client_secret='optional-client-secret'
username='optional-username',
id_token='optional-id-token',
refresh_token='optional-refresh-token',
access_token='optional-access-token',
access_key='optional-access-key',
secret_key='optional-secret-key')
Arguments
- user_pool_id: Cognito User Pool ID
- client_id: Cognito User Pool Application client ID
- client_secret: App client secret (if app client is configured with client secret)
- username: User Pool username
- id_token: ID Token returned by authentication
- refresh_token: Refresh Token returned by authentication
- access_token: Access Token returned by authentication
- access_key: AWS IAM access key
- secret_key: AWS IAM secret key
Examples with Realistic Arguments
User Pool Id and Client ID Only
Used when you only need information about the user pool (ex. list users in the user pool)
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id')
Username
Used when the user has not logged in yet. Start with these arguments when you plan to authenticate with either SRP (authenticate) or admin_authenticate (admin_initiate_auth).
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
Tokens
Used after the user has already authenticated and you need to build a new Cognito instance (ex. for use in a view).
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='your-id-token',
refresh_token='your-refresh-token',
access_token='your-access-token')
Cognito Methods
Register
Register a user to the user pool
Important: The arguments for add_base_attributes
and add_custom_attributes
methods depend on your user pool's configuration, and make sure the client id (app id) used has write permissions for the attriubtes you are trying to create. Example, if you want to create a user with a given_name equal to Johnson make sure the client_id you're using has permissions to edit or create given_name for a user in the pool.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id', 'your-client-id')
u.add_base_attributes(email='[email protected]', some_random_attr='random value')
u.register('username', 'password')
Register with custom attributes.
Firstly, add custom attributes on 'General settings -> Attributes' page. Secondly, set permissions on 'Generals settings-> App clients-> Show details-> Set attribute read and write permissions' page.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id', 'your-client-id')
u.add_base_attributes(email='[email protected]', some_random_attr='random value')
u.add_custom_attributes(state='virginia', city='Centreville')
u.register('username', 'password')
Arguments
- username: User Pool username
- password: User Pool password
- attr_map: Attribute map to Cognito's attributes
Authenticate
Authenticates a user
If this method call succeeds the instance will have the following attributes id_token, refresh_token, access_token, expires_in, expires_datetime, and token_type.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
u.authenticate(password='bobs-password')
Arguments
- password: - User's password
Admin Authenticate
Authenticate the user using admin super privileges
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
u.admin_authenticate(password='bobs-password')
- password: User's password
Initiate Forgot Password
Sends a verification code to the user to use to change their password.
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
u.initiate_forgot_password()
Arguments
No arguments
Confirm Forgot Password
Allows a user to enter a code provided when they reset their password to update their password.
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
u.confirm_forgot_password('your-confirmation-code','your-new-password')
Arguments
- confirmation_code: The confirmation code sent by a user's request to retrieve a forgotten password
- password: New password
Change Password
Changes the user's password
from warrant import Cognito
#If you don't use your tokens then you will need to
#use your username and password and call the authenticate method
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.change_password('previous-password','proposed-password')
Arguments
- previous_password: - User's previous password
- proposed_password: - The password that the user wants to change to.
Confirm Sign Up
Use the confirmation code that is sent via email or text to confirm the user's account
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id')
u.confirm_sign_up('users-conf-code',username='bob')
Arguments
- confirmation_code: Confirmation code sent via text or email
- username: User's username
Update Profile
Update the user's profile
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.update_profile({'given_name':'Edward','family_name':'Smith',},attr_map=dict())
Arguments
- attrs: Dictionary of attribute name, values
- attr_map: Dictionary map from Cognito attributes to attribute names we would like to show to our users
Send Verification
Send verification email or text for either the email or phone attributes.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.send_verification(attribute='email')
Arguments
- attribute: - The attribute (email or phone) that needs to be verified
Get User Object
Returns an instance of the specified user_class.
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.get_user_obj(username='bjones',
attribute_list=[{'Name': 'string','Value': 'string'},],
metadata={},
attr_map={"given_name":"first_name","family_name":"last_name"}
)
Arguments
- username: Username of the user
- attribute_list: List of tuples that represent the user's attributes as returned by the admin_get_user or get_user boto3 methods
- metadata: (optional) Metadata about the user
- attr_map: (optional) Dictionary that maps the Cognito attribute names to what we'd like to display to the users
Get User
Get all of the user's attributes. Gets the user's attributes using Boto3 and uses that info to create an instance of the user_class
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
username='bob')
user = u.get_user(attr_map={"given_name":"first_name","family_name":"last_name"})
Arguments
- attr_map: Dictionary map from Cognito attributes to attribute names we would like to show to our users
Get Users
Get a list of the user in the user pool.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id')
user = u.get_users(attr_map={"given_name":"first_name","family_name":"last_name"})
Arguments
- attr_map: Dictionary map from Cognito attributes to attribute names we would like to show to our users
Get Group object
Returns an instance of the specified group_class.
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id', 'your-client-id')
group_data = {'GroupName': 'user_group', 'Description': 'description',
'Precedence': 1}
group_obj = u.get_group_obj(group_data)
Arguments
- group_data: Dictionary with group's attributes.
Get Group
Get all of the group's attributes. Returns an instance of the group_class. Requires developer credentials.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id')
group = u.get_group(group_name='some_group_name')
Arguments
- group_name: Name of a group
Get Groups
Get a list of groups in the user pool. Requires developer credentials.
from warrant import Cognito
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id')
groups = u.get_groups()
Check Token
Checks the exp attribute of the access_token and either refreshes the tokens by calling the renew_access_tokens method or does nothing. IMPORTANT: Access token is required
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.check_token()
Arguments
No arguments for check_token
Logout
Logs the user out of all clients and removes the expires_in, expires_datetime, id_token, refresh_token, access_token, and token_type attributes.
from warrant import Cognito
#If you don't use your tokens then you will need to
#use your username and password and call the authenticate method
u = Cognito('your-user-pool-id','your-client-id',
id_token='id-token',refresh_token='refresh-token',
access_token='access-token')
u.logout()
Arguments
No arguments for check_token
Cognito SRP Utility
The AWSSRP
class is used to perform SRP(Secure Remote Password protocol) authentication.
This is the preferred method of user authentication with AWS Cognito.
The process involves a series of authentication challenges and responses, which if successful,
results in a final response that contains ID, access and refresh tokens.
Using AWSSRP
The AWSSRP
class takes a username, password, cognito user pool id, cognito app id, an optional
client secret (if app client is configured with client secret), an optional pool_region or boto3
client.
Afterwards, the authenticate_user
class method is used for SRP authentication.
import boto3
from warrant.aws_srp import AWSSRP
client = boto3.client('cognito-idp')
aws = AWSSRP(username='username', password='password', pool_id='user_pool_id',
client_id='client_id', client=client)
tokens = aws.authenticate_user()
Projects Using Warrant
Django Warrant
Authors
Brian Jinwright
Twitter: @brianjinwright GitHub: @bjinwright
Eric Petway
GitHub: @ebpetway
Sergey Vishnikin
GitHub: @armicron