litestar-authentication

What problem does it solve?

Authentication and authorization are essential for protecting Litestar applications. This skill provides a coherent pattern to implement authentication middleware, backends, guards, and secret handling to secure routes and enforce permissions.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Middleware-driven authentication: attach a single strategy at application scope to enforce identity across endpoints.
• Guard-based authorization: declare include/exclude rules to protect sensitive routes.
• JWT and session backends: support token-based and session-based authentication with secure secret handling and rotation guidance.
• Secrets and rotation: guidance to load secrets from secure stores and rotate credentials without downtime.

Quick Start

Configure a Litestar app to use a JWT-based backend and protect the /admin route with a guard.