def authenticate()

in okta/AuthClient.py [0:0]

• 14 lines of code
• 1 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def authenticate(self, username, password,
                     relay_state=None, response_type=None, force_mfa=None, context=None):
        """Begin the authentication process with a username and password

        :param username: user's username
        :type username: str
        :param password: user's password
        :type password: str
        :param relay_state: data that will persist for the lifetime of the authentication or recovery token
        :type relay_state: str or None
        :param response_type: the type of session to return (session_token or session_token_url usually)
        :type response_type: str
        :param force_mfa: whether to force mfa even if the auth is exempt
        :type force_mfa: bool
        :param context: contextual info about the auth request like ip and location
        :type context: Context
        :rtype: AuthResult
        """
        request = {
            'username': username,
            'password': password,
            'relayState': relay_state,
            'context': context
        }

        params = {
            'force_mfa': force_mfa,
            'response_type': response_type
        }

        response = ApiClient.post_path(self, '/', request, params=params)
        return Utils.deserialize(response.text, AuthResult)