Source code for ibm_watson.authorization_v1

# coding: utf-8
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"""
The v1 Authorization "service" that enables developers to
retrieve a temporary access token
"""

from ibm_cloud_sdk_core import BaseService

try:
    import urllib.parse as urlparse  # Python 3
except ImportError:
    import urlparse  # Python 2


class AuthorizationV1(BaseService):
    """
    Generates tokens, which can be used client-side to avoid exposing the
    service credentials.
    Tokens are valid for 1 hour and are sent using the
    `X-Watson-Authorization-Token` header.
    """
    default_url = "https://stream.watsonplatform.net/authorization/api"

    def __init__(self,
                 url=default_url,
                 username=None,
                 password=None,
                 use_vcap_services=True):
        BaseService.__init__(
            self,
            'authorization',
            url,
            username,
            password,
            use_vcap_services,
            display_name='authorization')

    def get_token(self, url):
        """
        Retrieves a temporary access token
        """
        # A hack to avoid url-encoding the url, since the authorization service
        # doesn't work with correctly encoded urls

        parsed_url = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
        parsed_url = parsed_url._replace(path='/authorization/api')
        self.url = urlparse.urlunsplit(parsed_url)

        response = self.request(method='GET', url='/v1/token?url=' + url)
        return response.result.text