twisted.mail.interfaces.IChallengeResponse

interface documentation

class IChallengeResponse(Interface): (source)

Known implementations: twisted.mail._cred.LOGINCredentials, twisted.mail._cred.PLAINCredentials

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An IMAPrev4 authorization challenge mechanism.
Method get​Challenge Return a client challenge.
Method more​Challenges No summary
Method set​Response Extract a username and possibly a password from a response and assign them to username and password instance variables.
def getChallenge(): (source)
Return a client challenge.
Returns
bytesA challenge.
def moreChallenges(): (source)
Are there more challenges than just the first? If so, callers should challenge clients with the result of getChallenge, and check their response with setResponse in a loop until this returns False
Returns
boolAre there more challenges?
def setResponse(response): (source)
Extract a username and possibly a password from a response and assign them to username and password instance variables.
Parameters
response:bytesA decoded response.
See Also
credentials.IUsernamePassword or credentials.IUsernameHashedPassword