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# SuccessFactors Auth
Authenticate with the SAP SuccessFactors API with OAuth2 and Python.
## How to use
1. Create an OAuth application in SuccessFactors.
2. Download the private key and copy the Client ID.
3. Install the Python module:
``` shell
pip install successfactors_auth
```
4. Import `successfactors_auth` into your Python >=3.9 project.
5. Call the `successfactors_auth.auth()` function in your Python project. You'll need to pass the following parameters:
- `sf_url`: Base API url of your SuccessFactors instance, e.g. "https://api55.sapsf.eu".
- `sf_company_id`: SuccessFactors company ID.
- `sf_oauth_client_id`: The Client ID for the OAuth application you created earlier.
- `sf_admin_user`: An admin user in SuccessFactors that has access to the OAuth application.
- `sf_saml_private_key`: Path to the private key file you downloaded when you created the OAuth application.
### Example
``` python
#!/usr/bin/env python
import requests
from successfactors_auth import auth as sf_auth
sf_url = 'https://your.base.url.com'
sf_company_id = 'your-company-id'
sf_oauth_client_id = 'your_app_client_id'
sf_admin_user = 'your_admin_user'
sf_saml_private_key = 'your_app_private_key.pem'
token = sf_auth.auth(
sf_url,
sf_company_id,
sf_oauth_client_id,
sf_admin_user,
sf_saml_private_key,
sf_saml_template
)
headers = {
"Accept: application/json",
f"Authorization: {token}"
}
request = requests.get(f"{sf_url}/User", headers=headers)
user = request.json()
print(user)
```
## Background
I wrote this module because I was forced to deal with the *horrific* SAP SuccessFactors API at my job, and I wanted to make sure other devs/sysadmins wouldn't have to feel the pain that I felt.
Once you get authenticated, getting the information you want is a whole new level of suffering. I hope to publish some more examples in the form of a blog post or docs in this repo.
## Contributing
All contributions welcome! Feel free to file an [issue](https://github.com/skoobasteeve/successfactors_auth/issues) or open a [pull request](https://github.com/skoobasteeve/successfactors_auth/pulls).