Blame for services/auth.py

import hmac
import os

from fastapi import Header, HTTPException


def require_service_key(x_service_key: str | None = Header(default=None)) -> None:
    """
    Shared-secret gate for the compute endpoints (/extract-resume, /tts).

    This service is only ever called by the NestJS backend, but on a public host
    it is reachable by anyone — without this, the TTS and extraction compute is
    free for whoever finds the URL.

    Fails closed: if SERVICE_API_KEY is unset the endpoints refuse traffic
    rather than running open, so a missing env var can't silently expose them.
    Health checks stay unauthenticated so platform probes keep working.
    """
    expected = os.getenv("SERVICE_API_KEY")
    if not expected:
        raise HTTPException(
            status_code=503,
            detail="Service authentication is not configured.",
        )
    # compare_digest avoids leaking the key through response timing.
    if not x_service_key or not hmac.compare_digest(x_service_key, expected):
        raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Invalid or missing service key.")