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diff --git a/docs/narr/security.rst b/docs/narr/security.rst
index cdc16b6a1..60be067bf 100644
--- a/docs/narr/security.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/security.rst
@@ -69,17 +69,21 @@ A simple security policy might look like the following:
from pyramid.security import Allowed, Denied
class SessionSecurityPolicy:
+ def authenticated_userid(self, request):
+ """ Return a string ID for the user. """
+ userid = self.identify(request).id
+ if validate_userid(request, userid):
+ return userid
+ else:
+ return None
+
def identify(self, request):
""" Return app-specific user object. """
- userid = request.session.get('userid')
+ userid = self.authenticated_userid
if userid is None:
return None
return load_identity_from_db(request, userid)
- def authenticated_userid(self, request):
- """ Return a string ID for the user. """
- return self.identify(request).id
-
def permits(self, request, context, permission):
""" Allow access to everything if signed in. """
identity = self.identify(request)
@@ -141,12 +145,18 @@ For example, our above security policy can leverage these helpers like so:
def __init__(self):
self.helper = SessionAuthenticationHelper()
- def identify(self, request):
+ def authenticated_userid(self, request):
userid = self.helper.authenticated_userid(request)
- return load_identity_from_db(request, userid)
+ if validate_userid(request, userid):
+ return userid
+ else:
+ return None
- def authenticated_userid(self, request):
- return self.identify(request).id
+ def identify(self, request):
+ userid = self.authenticated_userid
+ if userid is None:
+ return None
+ return load_identity_from_db(request, userid)
def permits(self, request, context, permission):
""" Allow access to everything if signed in. """