Random OAuth Client Creation with Authlib

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Code introduction


This function uses the Authlib library to create an OAuth client, which is used to obtain an access token from a specified OAuth provider (such as Google, Facebook, etc.) and use that token to retrieve basic user information.


Technology Stack : Authlib, OAuth, Flask

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
import random

def random_authlib_function():
    from authlib.integrations.flask_client import OAuth
    from authlib.integrations.base import IntegrationBase
    import authlib
    import json

    # Randomly select an OAuth provider
    providers = ['google', 'facebook', 'github', 'twitter', 'discord']
    provider = random.choice(providers)

    # Initialize OAuth with a random client ID and secret
    client_id = 'random_client_id'
    client_secret = 'random_client_secret'

    # Create an OAuth instance
    oauth = OAuth()

    # Configure OAuth for the selected provider
    oauth.register(
        provider,
        client_id=client_id,
        client_secret=client_secret,
        access_token_url=f'https://{provider}.com/oauth/token',
        access_token_params=None,
        authorize_url=f'https://{provider}.com/oauth/authorize',
        authorize_params=None,
        api_base_url=f'https://{provider}.com/',
        client_kwargs={'scope': 'email'},
    )

    # Function to get user profile information
    def get_user_profile(access_token):
        response = oauth.request('get', f'https://{provider}.com/user')
        return json.loads(response.text)

    return get_user_profile