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Dependency callables

FastAPI Users provides dependency callables to easily inject users in your routes. They are available from your FastAPIUsers instance.

Tip

For more information about how to make an authenticated request to your API, check the documentation of your Authentication method.

get_current_user

Get the current user (active or not). Will throw a 401 Unauthorized if missing or wrong credentials.

@app.get("/protected-route")
def protected_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_user)):
    return f"Hello, {user.email}"

get_current_active_user

Get the current active user. Will throw a 401 Unauthorized if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active.

@app.get("/protected-route")
def protected_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_active_user)):
    return f"Hello, {user.email}"

get_current_verified_user

Get the current active and verified user. Will throw a 401 Unauthorized if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active and verified.

@app.get("/protected-route")
def protected_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_verified_user)):
    return f"Hello, {user.email}"

get_current_superuser

Get the current superuser. Will throw a 401 Unauthorized if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active. Will throw a 403 Forbidden if the user is not a superuser.

@app.get("/protected-route")
def protected_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_superuser)):
    return f"Hello, {user.email}"

get_current_verified_superuser

Get the current verified superuser. Will throw a 401 Unauthorized if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active and verified. Will throw a 403 Forbidden if the user is not a superuser.

@app.get("/protected-route")
def protected_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_verified_superuser)):
    return f"Hello, {user.email}"

get_optional_current_user

Get the current user (active or not). Will return None if missing or wrong credentials. It can be useful if you wish to change the behaviour of your endpoint if a user is logged in or not.

@app.get("/optional-user-route")
def optional_user_route(user: Optional[User] = Depends(fastapi_users.get_optional_current_user)):
    if user:
        return f"Hello, {user.email}"
    else:
        return "Hello, anonymous"

get_optional_current_active_user

Get the current active user. Will return None if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active. It can be useful if you wish to change the behaviour of your endpoint if a user is logged in or not.

@app.get("/optional-user-route")
def optional_user_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_optional_current_active_user)):
    if user:
        return f"Hello, {user.email}"
    else:
        return "Hello, anonymous"

get_optional_current_verified_user

Get the current active and verified user. Will return None if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active and verified. It can be useful if you wish to change the behaviour of your endpoint if a user is logged in or not.

@app.get("/optional-user-route")
def optional_user_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_optional_current_verified_user)):
    if user:
        return f"Hello, {user.email}"
    else:
        return "Hello, anonymous"

get_optional_current_superuser

Get the current superuser. Will return None if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active. It can be useful if you wish to change the behaviour of your endpoint if a user is logged in or not.

@app.get("/optional-user-route")
def optional_user_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_optional_current_superuser)):
    if user:
        return f"Hello, {user.email}"
    else:
        return "Hello, anonymous"

get_optional_current_verified_superuser

Get the current active and verified superuser. Will return None if missing or wrong credentials or if the user is not active and verified. It can be useful if you wish to change the behaviour of your endpoint if a user is logged in or not.

@app.get("/optional-user-route")
def optional_user_route(user: User = Depends(fastapi_users.get_optional_current_verified_superuser)):
    if user:
        return f"Hello, {user.email}"
    else:
        return "Hello, anonymous"

In path operation

If you don't need the user in the route logic, you can use this syntax:

@app.get("/protected-route", dependencies=[Depends(fastapi_users.get_current_superuser)])
def protected_route():
    return "Hello, some user."

You can read more about this in FastAPI docs.