python module requests_kerberos

Python Module Requests Kerberos

If you are working with Python and need to authenticate with a Kerberos server, then the Python module requests_kerberos is the way to go. This module allows Python applications to use the Kerberos authentication protocol for HTTP requests.

Installation

You can install requests_kerberos using pip:

pip install requests-kerberos

Usage

Once you have installed requests_kerberos, you can use it to authenticate with a Kerberos server:

import requests
from requests_kerberos import HTTPKerberosAuth

url = 'http://example.com/api'

response = requests.get(url, auth=HTTPKerberosAuth())

print(response.text)

In the code above, we import the requests module and the HTTPKerberosAuth class from requests_kerberos. We then create a URL variable and send a GET request to that URL with the HTTPKerberosAuth object as the value of the auth parameter.

Alternative Usage

Another way to use requests_kerberos is to create a session object and set the authentication method for that session:

import requests
from requests_kerberos import HTTPKerberosAuth

url = 'http://example.com/api'

session = requests.Session()
session.auth = HTTPKerberosAuth()

response = session.get(url)

print(response.text)

In the code above, we create a session object using the requests module. We then set the authentication method for that session to HTTPKerberosAuth from requests_kerberos. Finally, we send a GET request to the URL using the session object.