Flask JWT Auth

⚠️ This project is no longer maintained

It accompanied the tutorial Token-Based Authentication With Flask, which has since been retired from Real Python. The code targets a 2017 dependency stack (including PyJWT 1.4.2) and is kept here for reference only. Please don't use it as the starting point for a new project or as a model for production authentication code.

For current Flask material, see the Flask by Example learning path.

Want to use this project?

Basics

1. Fork/Clone
2. Activate a virtualenv
3. Install the requirements

Set Environment Variables

Update project/server/config.py, and then run:

$ export APP_SETTINGS="project.server.config.DevelopmentConfig"

or

$ export APP_SETTINGS="project.server.config.ProductionConfig"

Set a SECRET_KEY:

$ export SECRET_KEY="change_me"

Create DB

Create the databases in psql:

$ psql
# create database flask_jwt_auth
# create database flask_jwt_auth_test
# \q

Create the tables and run the migrations:

$ python manage.py create_db
$ python manage.py db init
$ python manage.py db migrate

Run the Application

$ python manage.py runserver

Access the application at the address http://localhost:5000/

Want to specify a different port?

$ python manage.py runserver -h 0.0.0.0 -p 8080

Testing

Without coverage:

$ python manage.py test

With coverage:

$ python manage.py cov