== python-fido2 image:https://github.com/Yubico/python-fido2/workflows/build/badge.svg["Github actions build”, link=”https://github.com/Yubico/python-fido2/actions"]

Provides library functionality for communicating with a FIDO device over USB as well as verifying attestation and assertion signatures.

This library aims to support the FIDO U2F and FIDO 2 protocols for communicating with a USB authenticator via the Client-to-Authenticator Protocol (CTAP 1 and 2). In addition to this low-level device access, classes defined in the fido2.client and fido2.server modules implement higher level operations which are useful when interfacing with an Authenticator, or when implementing WebAuthn support for a Relying Party.

For usage, see the examples/ directory and link:https://developers.yubico.com/python-fido2/API_Documentation/[API documentation].

=== References These links related to WebAuthn and FIDO2 can help you get started:

• Yubico WebAuthn/FIDO2 guide: https://developers.yubico.com/FIDO2/
• W3C WebAuthn specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/
• FIDO specifications: https://fidoalliance.org/specifications/download/

=== License This project, with the exception of the files mentioned below, is licensed under the BSD 2-clause license. See the COPYING file for the full license text.

This project contains source code from pyu2f (https://github.com/google/pyu2f) which is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0. These files are located in fido2/hid/. See http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0, or the COPYING.APLv2 file for the full license text.

This project also bundles the public suffix list (https://publicsuffix.org) which is licensed under the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0. This file is stored as fido2/public_suffix_list.dat. See https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/, or the COPYING.MPLv2 file for the full license text.

=== Requirements fido2 is compatible with Python 3.7 and later, and is tested on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Support for OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD is provided as-is and relies on community contributions.

=== Installation

fido2 is installable by running the following command:

pip install fido2

To install the dependencies required for communication with NFC authenticators, instead use:

pip install fido2[pcsc]

Under Windows 10 (1903 or later) access to FIDO devices is restricted and requires running as Administrator. This library can still be used when running as non-administrator, via the fido.client.WindowsClient class. An example of this is included in the file examples/credential.py.

Under Linux you will need to add a Udev rule to be able to access the FIDO device, or run as root. For example, the Udev rule may contain the following:

#Udev rule for allowing HID access to Yubico devices for FIDO support.

KERNEL==”hidraw*”, SUBSYSTEM==”hidraw”,
MODE=”0664”, GROUP=”plugdev”, ATTRS{idVendor}==”1050”

There may be a package already available for your distribution that does this for you, see: https://support.yubico.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013708900-Using-Your-U2F-YubiKey-with-Linux

Under FreeBSD you will either need to run as root or add rules for your device to /etc/devd.conf, which can be automated by installing security/u2f-devd:

pkg install u2f-devd

==== Dependencies This project depends on Cryptography. For instructions on installing this dependency, see https://cryptography.io/en/latest/installation/.

NFC support is optionally available via PC/SC, using the pyscard library. For instructions on installing this dependency, see https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/pyscard/blob/master/INSTALL.md.

=== Development For development of the library we use https://python-poetry.org/[poetry]. To set up the dev environment, run this command in the root directory of the repository:

poetry install

We also use https://pre-commit.com/[pre-commit] to run some scans on the code prior to committing.

==== Running tests While many tests can run on their own, some require a connected U2F or FIDO2 device to run.

poetry run pytest