def validate_assertion()

in authenticating-users/main.py [0:0]

• 13 lines of code
• 2 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def validate_assertion(assertion):
    """Checks that the JWT assertion is valid (properly signed, for the
    correct audience) and if so, returns strings for the requesting user's
    email and a persistent user ID. If not valid, returns None for each field.
    """
    from jose import jwt

    try:
        info = jwt.decode(
            assertion,
            certs(),
            algorithms=['ES256'],
            audience=audience()
            )
        return info['email'], info['sub']
    except Exception as e:
        print('Failed to validate assertion: {}'.format(e), file=sys.stderr)
        return None, None