import uuid import binascii from encodings.utf_8 import decode from django.conf import settings from django.shortcuts import render, redirect from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt @csrf_exempt def bceid(request): """ fake bceid login for developer workstation environment """ if request.method == "POST": login_name = request.POST.get('user', '') # convert the login name to a guid hex_name = decode(binascii.hexlify(str.encode(login_name)))[0] fake_guid = uuid.UUID(hex_name.rjust(32, '0')).urn[9:] # save the guid in a session variable request.session['fake-bceid-guid'] = fake_guid return redirect(settings.FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME + '/login') else: return render(request, 'localdev/bceid.html')