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+# MorphL Auth API
+
+Small Flask server & Kubernetes service for handling authorization for the MorphL Platform. This repository should be used as part of the [MorphL Orchestrator](https://github.com/Morphl-AI/MorphL-Orchestrator).
diff --git a/pipelines/api_auth_service/api.py b/pipelines/api_auth_service/api.py
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+from os import getenv
+
+from flask import (Flask, request, jsonify)
+from flask_cors import CORS
+
+from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+
+import jwt
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+"""
+    Database connector
+"""
+
+
+"""
+    API class for verifying credentials and handling JWTs.
+"""
+
+
+class API:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.API_DOMAIN = getenv('API_DOMAIN')
+        self.MORPHL_DASHBOARD_USERNAME = getenv('MORPHL_DASHBOARD_USERNAME')
+        self.MORPHL_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD = getenv('MORPHL_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD')
+        self.MORPHL_API_KEY = getenv('MORPHL_API_KEY')
+        self.MORPHL_API_SECRET = getenv('MORPHL_API_SECRET')
+        self.MORPHL_API_JWT_SECRET = getenv('MORPHL_API_JWT_SECRET')
+
+        # Set JWT expiration date at 30 days
+        self.JWT_EXP_DELTA_DAYS = 30
+
+    def verify_login_credentials(self, username, password):
+        return username == self.MORPHL_DASHBOARD_USERNAME and password == self.MORPHL_DASHBOARD_PASSWORD
+
+    def verify_keys(self, api_key, api_secret):
+        return api_key == self.MORPHL_API_KEY and api_secret == self.MORPHL_API_SECRET
+
+    def generate_jwt(self):
+        payload = {
+            'iss': self.API_DOMAIN,
+            'sub': self.MORPHL_API_KEY,
+            'iat': datetime.utcnow(),
+            'exp': datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(days=self.JWT_EXP_DELTA_DAYS),
+        }
+
+        return jwt.encode(payload, self.MORPHL_API_JWT_SECRET, 'HS256').decode('utf-8')
+
+    def verify_jwt(self, token):
+        try:
+            decoded = jwt.decode(token, self.MORPHL_API_JWT_SECRET)
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+        return (decoded['iss'] == self.API_DOMAIN and
+                decoded['sub'] == self.MORPHL_API_KEY)
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+CORS(app)
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+def main():
+    return "MorphL Predictions API"
+
+
+@app.route('/authorize', methods=['POST'])
+def authorize():
+
+    if request.form.get('api_key') is None or request.form.get('api_secret') is None:
+        return jsonify(error='Missing API key or secret')
+
+    if app.config['API'].verify_keys(
+            request.form['api_key'], request.form['api_secret']) == False:
+        return jsonify(error='Invalid API key or secret')
+
+    return jsonify(token=app.config['API'].generate_jwt())
+
+
+@app.route("/dashboard/login", methods=['POST'])
+def authorize_login():
+
+    if request.form.get('username') is None or request.form.get('password') is None:
+        return jsonify(status=0, error='Missing username or password.')
+
+    if not app.config['API'].verify_login_credentials(request.form['username'], request.form['password']):
+        return jsonify(status=0, error='Invalid username or password.')
+
+    return jsonify(status=1, token=app.config['API'].generate_jwt())
+
+
+@app.route("/dashboard/verify-token", methods=['GET'])
+def verify_token():
+
+    if request.headers.get('Authorization') is None or not app.config['API'].verify_jwt(request.headers['Authorization']):
+        return jsonify(status=0, error="Token invalid.")
+    return jsonify(status=1)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.config['API'] = API()
+    if getenv('DEBUG'):
+        app.config['DEBUG'] = True
+        flask_port = 5858
+        app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=flask_port)
+    else:
+        app.config['DEBUG'] = False
+        flask_port = 6868
+        WSGIServer(('', flask_port), app).serve_forever()
diff --git a/pipelines/api_auth_service/auth_kubernetes_deployment.yaml b/pipelines/api_auth_service/auth_kubernetes_deployment.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: auth-deployment
+  labels:
+    run: auth
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      run: auth
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        run: auth
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: auth
+          image: pythoncontainer
+          command: ["bash", "/opt/auth/runapi.sh"]
+          imagePullPolicy: Never
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 6868
+              protocol: TCP
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: environment-configmap
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: opt-auth
+              mountPath: /opt/auth
+      volumes:
+        - name: opt-auth
+          hostPath:
+            path: /opt/auth
diff --git a/pipelines/api_auth_service/auth_kubernetes_service.yaml b/pipelines/api_auth_service/auth_kubernetes_service.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: auth-service
+  labels:
+    run: auth
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  type: LoadBalancer
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 6868
+  selector:
+    run: auth
diff --git a/pipelines/api_auth_service/runapi.sh b/pipelines/api_auth_service/runapi.sh
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+cp -r /opt/auth /opt/code
+cd /opt/code
+git pull
+python /opt/code/api.py
+