flask_decorator | SignalWire

Flask decorator for protecting routes. Tries Bearer token, API key, and Basic Auth in order. Returns a 401 response if all methods fail.

Parameters

f

CallableRequired

The Flask view function to protect.

Returns

Callable — The wrapped function that checks authentication before calling the original view.

Example

1 from flask import Flask
2 from signalwire.core.security_config import SecurityConfig
3 from signalwire.core.auth_handler import AuthHandler
4 
5 security = SecurityConfig()
6 auth = AuthHandler(security)
7 
8 app = Flask(__name__)
9 
10 @app.route("/protected")
11 @auth.flask_decorator
12 def protected_route():
13     return {"status": "authenticated"}

The Flask decorator is used by the mcp-gateway service. For agent-based applications, use the FastAPI dependency instead.