.. _authentication_module: :mod:`pyramid.authentication` -------------------------------- Helper Classes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. automodule:: pyramid.authentication .. autoclass:: SessionAuthenticationHelper :members: .. autoclass:: AuthTktCookieHelper :members: Helper Functions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. autofunction:: extract_http_basic_credentials .. autoclass:: HTTPBasicCredentials :members: Authentication Policies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authentication policies have been deprecated by the new security system. See :ref:`upgrading_auth_20` for more information. .. autoclass:: AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy :members: :inherited-members: .. autoclass:: RemoteUserAuthenticationPolicy :members: :inherited-members: .. autoclass:: SessionAuthenticationPolicy :members: :inherited-members: .. autoclass:: BasicAuthAuthenticationPolicy :members: :inherited-members: .. autoclass:: RepozeWho1AuthenticationPolicy :members: :inherited-members: