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ClientAssertionCredential Class

  • Reference

Authenticates a service principal with a JWT assertion.

This credential is for advanced scenarios. CertificateCredential has a more convenient API for the most common assertion scenario, authenticating a service principal with a certificate.

Inheritance
azure.identity.aio._internal.AsyncContextManager
ClientAssertionCredential
azure.identity.aio._internal.get_token_mixin.GetTokenMixin
ClientAssertionCredential

Constructor

ClientAssertionCredential(tenant_id: str, client_id: str, func: Callable[[], str], **kwargs: Any)

Parameters

Name Description
tenant_id
Required
str

ID of the principal's tenant. Also called its "directory" ID.
client_id
Required
str

The principal's client ID
func
Required

A callable that returns a string assertion. The credential will call this every time it acquires a new token.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name Description
authority
str

Authority of a Microsoft Entra endpoint, for example "login.microsoftonline.com", the authority for Azure Public Cloud (which is the default). AzureAuthorityHosts defines authorities for other clouds.
cache_persistence_options
TokenCachePersistenceOptions

configuration for persistent token caching. If unspecified, the credential will cache tokens in memory.
additionally_allowed_tenants
List[str]

Specifies tenants in addition to the specified "tenant_id" for which the credential may acquire tokens. Add the wildcard value "*" to allow the credential to acquire tokens for any tenant the application can access.

Examples

Create a ClientAssertionCredential.


   from azure.identity.aio import ClientAssertionCredential

   def get_assertion():
       return "<client-assertion>"

   credential = ClientAssertionCredential(
       tenant_id="<tenant_id>",
       client_id="<client_id>",
       func=get_assertion,
   )

Methods

close

Close the credential's transport session.
get_token

Request an access token for scopes.

This method is called automatically by Azure SDK clients.
get_token_info

Request an access token for scopes.

This is an alternative to get_token to enable certain scenarios that require additional properties on the token. This method is called automatically by Azure SDK clients.

close

Close the credential's transport session.

async close() -> None

get_token

Request an access token for scopes.

This method is called automatically by Azure SDK clients.

async get_token(*scopes: str, claims: str | None = None, tenant_id: str | None = None, enable_cae: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> AccessToken

Parameters

Name Description
scopes
Required
str

desired scopes for the access token. This method requires at least one scope. For more information about scopes, see https://zcusa.951200.xyz/entra/identity-platform/scopes-oidc.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name Description
claims
str

additional claims required in the token, such as those returned in a resource provider's claims challenge following an authorization failure.
tenant_id
str

optional tenant to include in the token request.
enable_cae
bool

indicates whether to enable Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) for the requested token. Defaults to False.

Returns

Type Description
AccessToken

An access token with the desired scopes.

Exceptions

Type Description
CredentialUnavailableError

the credential is unable to attempt authentication because it lacks required data, state, or platform support
ClientAuthenticationError

authentication failed. The error's message attribute gives a reason.

get_token_info

Request an access token for scopes.

This is an alternative to get_token to enable certain scenarios that require additional properties on the token. This method is called automatically by Azure SDK clients.

async get_token_info(*scopes: str, options: TokenRequestOptions | None = None) -> AccessTokenInfo

Parameters

Name Description
scopes
Required
str

desired scopes for the access token. This method requires at least one scope. For more information about scopes, see https://zcusa.951200.xyz/entra/identity-platform/scopes-oidc.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name Description
options
TokenRequestOptions

A dictionary of options for the token request. Unknown options will be ignored. Optional.

Returns

Type Description
<xref:AccessTokenInfo>

An AccessTokenInfo instance containing information about the token.

Exceptions

Type Description
CredentialUnavailableError

the credential is unable to attempt authentication because it lacks required data, state, or platform support
ClientAuthenticationError

authentication failed. The error's message attribute gives a reason.