Auth & security at scale
OAuth2, JWT, IAM patterns, secrets rotation, and least-privilege service auth.
How to Mock a Content Security Policy Header in Python
Mock a Content-Security-Policy header locally and verify it's served correctly using Python's built-in HTTP server.
import json
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
CSP_HEADER = "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'"
class MockServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
if self.path == "/":
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header("…OAuth2 authorization code flow mock in Python
A minimal HTTP server that mocks the OAuth2 authorization code flow, issuing codes via /authorize and exchanging them for tokens at /token.
import json
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
AUTH_CODE_STORE = {}
CLIENT_ID = "demo-client"
REDIRECT_URI = "http://localhost:8000/callback"
class OAuthHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
parsed = urlparse(self.path)
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