confidant.utils package¶
Submodules¶
confidant.utils.dynamodb module¶
- confidant.utils.dynamodb.create_dynamodb_tables()¶
- confidant.utils.dynamodb.decode_last_evaluated_key(last_evaluated_key)¶
- confidant.utils.dynamodb.encode_last_evaluated_key(last_evaluated_key)¶
confidant.utils.maintenance module¶
- confidant.utils.maintenance.check_maintenance_mode(f)¶
- confidant.utils.maintenance.in_maintenance_mode()¶
confidant.utils.misc module¶
- confidant.utils.misc.dict_deep_update(a, b)¶
Deep merge in place of two dicts. For all keys in b, override matching keys in a. If both a and b have a dict at a given key, recursively update a.
- Parameters:
a (dict) – Left hand side dict to update in place
b (dict) – Right hand side with values to pull in
- confidant.utils.misc.get_boolean(val, default=False)¶
Given a value, check if if corresponds to True or False. Python’s bool() does not behave as expected for strings so we have a helper function here
- confidant.utils.misc.load_module(module_path)¶
Load’s a python module.
ex: module_path = “confidant.authnz.rbac:no_acl”
Will load the module confidant.authnz.rbac and return the function no_acl
- confidant.utils.misc.prevent_xss_decorator(func)¶
- Prevents XSS attacks:
Set content type to be application/json
Set Content Security Policy (already specified at app level)
Enable XSS Protection
Prevent MIME Type Sniffing
Limit Referrer Information
- confidant.utils.misc.utcnow()¶
Returns the current time with tzinfo=’UTC’. datetime.utcnow() currently does not populate tzinfo