user_dependency

async controller.dependencies.user.user_dependency(context, x_auth_request_user, x_auth_request_token)

Return the validated user for the given request.

Some user routes will have both a user token and a user name specified in the headers. We want to make sure that the user name matches the name of the user that owns the token.

Returns:

Validated user metadata from Gafaelfawr.

Return type:

GafaelfawrUser

Raises:

• controller.exceptions.GafaelfawrParseError – Raised if the Gafaelfawr response could not be parsed.

• controller.exceptions.GafaelfawrWebError – Raised if the token could not be validated with Gafaelfawr.

• controller.exceptions.InvalidTokenError – Raised if the token was rejected by Gafaelfawr.

• PermissionDeniedError – Raised if the user’s token does not match the username in the header.

Parameters:

• context (RequestContext)

• x_auth_request_user (str)

• x_auth_request_token (str)