Authentication

All Squirro API resources are protected and authentication credentials for HTTP authentication (using the Authorization header) are mandatory. The caller needs to use generated user tokens with HTTP Basic access authentication or use bearer tokens in HTTP requests to access the protected resources.

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User Token

To authenticate with the Squirro platform the caller needs a user token. That token can be generated in the "API Access" section of the Squirro settings. The resulting user token provides access according to the rights of the user.

Using the Token in the API

In the context of the API the user token is called a refresh token. To use the API, a refresh token can not be used directly, instead an access token needs to be generated. The access token expires very quickly (10 minutes by default) where the refresh token does not expire.

Create Access Token

POST https://squirro-server/api/user/oauth2/token


Log into Squirro using a refresh token.

{
    "project_permissions": [
        "*",
        "frontend.user"
    ],
    "user_id": "qjsRI0s0XVGli8qPPCjKzw",
    "access_token": "882d9b12cce019ee0137e54beaeea2227db4db3e",
    "session_id": "M9cRgRXUSSOpe_F0YRwdmg",
    "role": "admin",
    "refresh_token": "200…3c3",
    "role_permissions": [
        "admin",
        "profile.write.update",
        "projects.write.create"
    ],
    "tenant": "squirro_demo"
}

Use Access Token

To use the access token with any of the API requests (see Working with Squirro APIs), the access token needs to be passed in with the Authorization header, prefixed with the token "Bearer".

Example HTTP request:

GET /api/topic/v0/squirro_demo/projects HTTP/1.1
Host: squirro-server
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer 882d9b12cce019ee0137e54beaeea2227db4db3e

Squirro Client

The Python SDK handles all of the authentication logic automatically. Initially authenticate using the refresh token by using the authenticate method:

client = SquirroClient(None, None, cluster='https://squirro-server')
client.authenticate(refresh_token='200…3c3')

The client will retrieve a authentication token and use that for all subsequent requests. When the token expires, the client will re-authenticate using the refresh token and retry the failed request.