Python - Infos regarding current logged in user.

Dyt13 206

Hi,

I have set up a webapp with authentification in Azure.
I'd like to retrieve some basic information about the logged in user on the server side (python).

pseudo-code

from azure.identity import InteractiveBrowserCredential

credential = InteractiveBrowserCredential()
==> Is there a way to know who is the user logged in at this step + retrieve basic info like the one available in the user profile view available in the portal ?

Thx for your help !

VenkateshDodda-MSFT 18,021 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-09-06T10:56:50.64+00:00

@Dyt13 Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. We have understood that you are trying to enable Authentication on Azure web app using Microsoft Identity provider and you want to know which user has logged into the web app as well Or please let me know if I have misunderstood your scenario. What Azure Service are you leveraging for hosting website (Azure WebApp?) and share some details about your requirement.

If you are leveraging Azure App service, you can achieve the Authorization and Authentication traces by enabling the application logging as mentioned here in this documentation.

For more information about the Authentication and Authorization in Azure App service you can refer to this documentation.

Feel free to reach back to me if you have any further questions on this.
Dyt13 206 Reputation points

2022-09-06T14:06:01.663+00:00

@VenkateshDodda-MSFT Thank you for your answer.

I've followed the microsoft procedure "Quickstart: Deploy a Python (Django or Flask) web app to Azure App Service". I've registered the webapplication as well.

Now what i'm trying to do is the following :
I have users set up in Azure AD with specific roles granted via IAM interface (RBAC).
(For instance User1 can only read Blob1, User2 -> Blob2 and so on.)

Users will connect to the Front end of the web application and what i'd like to do is to display information (username, mail) but also list the ressources that are available to the logged in user.

I don't know how to implement that logic in the backend (in python 3.9).
In python after authentification i basically get an instance of InteractiveBrowserCredential. How can i go from that to be able to identify the user and list the resources he/she has access to ?

Cheers
VenkateshDodda-MSFT 18,021 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-09-07T11:43:32.233+00:00

@Dyt13 Thanks for your response. For the backend logic implementation in python 3.9, you can post your question on SO to receive insights from the targeted audience https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python.