Create an OAuth application in SuccessFactors.
Download the private key and copy the Client ID.
Install the Python module:
```
pip install successfactors_auth
```
Import successfactors_auth into your Python >=3.9 project.
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

#!/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 or open a pull request.