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.. versionadded:: 1.5
- A property which returns the userid of the currently authenticated user
- or ``None`` if there is no :term:`authentication policy` in effect or
- there is no currently authenticated user. This differs from
- :attr:`~pyramid.request.Request.unauthenticated_userid`, because the
- effective authentication policy will have ensured that a record
- associated with the userid exists in persistent storage; if it has
- not, this value will be ``None``.
+ A property which returns the :term:`userid` of the currently
+ authenticated user or ``None`` if there is no :term:`authentication
+ policy` in effect or there is no currently authenticated user. This
+ differs from :attr:`~pyramid.request.Request.unauthenticated_userid`,
+ because the effective authentication policy will have ensured that a
+ record associated with the :term:`userid` exists in persistent storage;
+ if it has not, this value will be ``None``.
.. attribute:: unauthenticated_userid
.. versionadded:: 1.5
A property which returns a value which represents the *claimed* (not
- verified) user id of the credentials present in the request. ``None`` if
- there is no :term:`authentication policy` in effect or there is no user
- data associated with the current request. This differs from
- :attr:`~pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid`, because the
- effective authentication policy will not ensure that a record associated
- with the userid exists in persistent storage. Even if the userid
- does not exist in persistent storage, this value will be the value
- of the userid *claimed* by the request data.
+ verified) :term:`userid` of the credentials present in the
+ request. ``None`` if there is no :term:`authentication policy` in effect
+ or there is no user data associated with the current request. This
+ differs from :attr:`~pyramid.request.Request.authenticated_userid`,
+ because the effective authentication policy will not ensure that a
+ record associated with the :term:`userid` exists in persistent storage.
+ Even if the :term:`userid` does not exist in persistent storage, this
+ value will be the value of the :term:`userid` *claimed* by the request
+ data.
.. attribute:: effective_principals
.. versionadded:: 1.5
A property which returns the list of 'effective' :term:`principal`
- identifiers for this request. This will include the userid of the
- currently authenticated user if a user is currently authenticated. If no
- :term:`authentication policy` is in effect, this will return a sequence
- containing only the :attr:`pyramid.security.Everyone` principal.
+ identifiers for this request. This list typically includes the
+ :term:`userid` of the currently authenticated user if a user is
+ currently authenticated, but this depends on the
+ :term:`authentication policy` in effect. If no :term:`authentication
+ policy` is in effect, this will return a sequence containing only the
+ :attr:`pyramid.security.Everyone` principal.
.. method:: invoke_subrequest(request, use_tweens=False)
@@ -366,3 +369,4 @@
that used as ``request.GET``, ``request.POST``, and ``request.params``),
see :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IMultiDict`.
+.. autofunction:: apply_request_extensions(request)