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[block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "1. Setup a proxy endpoint" } [/block] To enable http-only session cookies on your website, you'll need to setup an endpoint on your website that will forward requests from the widget to UserKit servers. [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "import userkit\nuk = userkit.UserKit('{YOUR_USERKIT_SECRET_KEY}')\n\n\n# Handler for /userkit-widget-proxy endpoint\ndef widget_proxy_handler(request, response):\n # 1. Extract the private token from the http-only cookie.\n # 2. Forward the UserKit widget request to UserKit's servers,\n # along with the private token.\n # 3. Set the http-only cookie.\n # 4. Return the UserKit response back to the widget.\n private_token = request.cookies.get('httponly_session_token')\n resp = uk.widget.proxy(request.data, private_token)\n response.set_cookie('httponly_session_token', resp.token_private,\n httponly=True)\n response.write(resp.body)", "language": "python" }, { "code": "from flask import Flask, request, make_response\napp = Flask(__name__)\nimport userkit\nuk = userkit.UserKit('{YOUR_USERKIT_SECRET_KEY}')\n\n\n@app.route('/userkit-widget-proxy')\ndef userkit_widget_proxy():\n # 1. Extract the private token from the http-only cookie.\n # 2. Forward the UserKit widget request to UserKit's servers,\n # along with the private token.\n # 3. Set the http-only cookie.\n # 4. Return the UserKit response back to the widget.\n private_token = request.cookies.get('httponly_session_token')\n resp = uk.widget.proxy(request.data, private_token)\n response = make_response(resp.response)\n response.set_cookie('httponly_session_token', resp.token_private,\n httponly=True)\n return response", "language": "python", "name": "Python (Flask)" }, { "code": "import webapp2\nimport userkit\nuk = userkit.UserKit('{YOUR_USERKIT_SECRET_KEY}')\n\n\n# Handler for /userkit-widget-proxy endpoint\nclass UserKitWidgetProxy(webapp2.RequestHandler):\n \n def post(self):\n # 1. Extract the private token from the http-only cookie.\n # 2. Forward the UserKit widget request to UserKit's servers,\n # along with the private token.\n # 3. Set the http-only cookie.\n # 4. Return the UserKit response back to the widget.\n private_token = self.request.cookies.get('httponly_session_token')\n resp = uk.widget.proxy(self.request.body, private_token)\n self.response.set_cookie('httponly_session_token',\n resp.private_token,\n httponly=True)\n self.response.write(resp.response)", "language": "python", "name": "Python (App Engine)" } ] } [/block] [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "2. Configure the UserKit widget" } [/block] Next you'll need to tell the UserKit widget that it should make requests to the endpoint you setup in step 1. Do this by setting the `data-proxy` data property: [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "<script src=\"https://widget.userkit.io/widget.js\"\n\tdata-proxy=\"/userkit-widget-proxy\">\n</script>", "language": "html" } ] } [/block] [block:api-header] { "type": "basic", "title": "3. Getting a user server-side with the http-only token" } [/block] When you want to fetch a user via the server SDK, you'll need to pass the http-only token along with the usual session token. [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "import userkit\nuk = userkit.UserKit(\"<YOUR_APP_SECRET_KEY>\")\n\n\ndef request_handler(request, response):\n # Along with the usual session token, you'll also need\n # to pass in the private token from the httponly cookie\n # you set in your widget proxy endpoint\n token = request.get_cookie(\"userkit_auth_token\")\n httponly_token = request.get_cookie(\"httponly_session_token\")\n user = uk.users.get_current_user(token, httponly_token)\n \n if user:\n # There's a logged in user\n response.write(\"Welcome, {}\".format(user.name))\n else:\n # No logged in user, redirect to login page\n response.redirect(\"/account.html\")", "language": "python" } ] } [/block]