Simulating User Registration with OAuth in Python

This custom function simulates the process of a user registering with a third-party OAuth service, including initializing the OAuth client, generating a random access token, and simulating the retrieval of user information.

Technology Stack : Authlib, Flask, OAuth2

Code Type : Custom function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def random_user_registration(username, email, password):
    from authlib.integrations.flask_client import OAuth
    from authlib.oauth2 import OAuth2Provider
    import random

    # Initialize OAuth with random provider
    oauth = OAuth()
    provider = oauth.register(
        name='random_provider',
        client_id='random_client_id',
        client_secret='random_client_secret',
        access_token_url='https://random.provider.com/token',
        authorize_url='https://random.provider.com/authorize',
        client_kwargs={
            'redirect_uri': 'https://random.app/callback'
        }
    )

    # Generate a random access token for demonstration
    access_token = 'random_access_token_{}'.format(random.randint(1000, 9999))

    # Simulate user registration using OAuth
    user_info = provider.userinfo(access_token=access_token)

    # Create a new user with the provided credentials and OAuth data
    new_user = {
        'username': username,
        'email': email,
        'password': password,
        'provider': 'random_provider',
        'provider_user_id': user_info.get('user_id'),
        'provider_access_token': access_token
    }
    return new_user