Authentication

The pylegifrance/auth.py module wraps the logic for obtaining and refreshing PISTE OAuth tokens. It is used internally by LegifranceClient; users don’t need to instantiate it directly.

Behavior

• An AuthenticationManager is created alongside the client.
• Before each call_api or get, the manager checks token freshness and refreshes it against token_url when needed.
• Tokens are kept in memory (no disk persistence).

Source of truth

The flow is documented in /en/concepts/piste-oauth.

See also

• ApiConfig — provides client_id, client_secret, token_url.
• LegifranceClient — primary consumer.