Token authentication
dorianim opened this issue · comments
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am using the PAPERLESS_ENABLE_HTTP_REMOTE_USER authentication. Therefore, I cannot log in with username and password.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice, to be able to use a token for authentication in this case.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Additional context
As far as I can tell, Django token authentication is already enabled in Paperless-ng. Tokens can be created in the Admin settings.
The corresponding docs are here: https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html?highlight=token#authorization
I'm doing something similar, with an oauth2-proxy in front of paperless-ngx. To get the app running I've exposed /api without the proxy, which made it possible to login.
PDF's are however not downloaded, as the paperless app still uses the old /fetch/doc/xx endpoint instead of the newer /api/document/<pk>/download Ref
Yes, token authentication should be implemented although I planned on requesting a token though the app after a basic-Auth login. I assume that wouldn't help in your case though.
@pree Thanks for pointing that out. This should be changed in the next release. Could you please open a separate issue to change the URL?
I have just set up paperless-ngx behind an oauth2 proxy as well, and sadly I can't authenticate using the token.
There is a pull request in progress to add oidc auth to it, so it'd be super handy to havea way to put in a token.