Adding helpers to create Firefox Account and generate Bearer token and BrowserID assertions

[Natim]

Following this article: http://www.servicedenuages.fr/en/load-testing-a-http-api-which-uses-oauth-for-authentication

I have been starting to work on tools to help load-testing with Firefox Account.

So far I have two command that let you write down a bearer token in a bash file (in order to export it in the environment to then load it)

The gist of the idea is there: https://gist.github.com/Natim/f4b1be4dde6eff8adaf2

What do you think about adding those helpers to PyFxA? Should I put the function only (create_new_user, get_bearer_token)? Add the commands as well (bin/create_new_user_token loadtest_salt, bin/get_bearer_token email password)? Do you want a specific file architecture for that? (fxa.commands.get_bearer_token)

In that case I would refactor the plugin to use functions that would be shared with the CLI tools.

[Natim]

f? @rfk @almet

[rfk]

Sounds good to me. I wonder if the following architecture makes sense:

• A single runner for all commands, e.g. ./bin/fxa-client create_new_user and ./bin/fxa-client get_bearer_token
• Each command implemented as you suggest in modules under an fxa.commands or fxa.cli package
• And make it so each command could also be imported and run by other helper tools if necessary

[rfk]

Assigning to @almet for further feedback

[Natim]

Thanks @rfk, @almet told me on IRC that he agrees. I like the idea of having subcommands. A PR will follow shortly :+1:

[Natim]

Superseeded by https://github.com/mozilla/PyFxA/pull/36