This line of code calculates an expiration timestamp for a...

August 27, 2025 at 04:13 AM

expire = datetime.now(UTC).replace(tzinfo=None) + (expires_delta or timedelta(minutes=SecurityConfig.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES))

This line of code calculates an expiration timestamp for a security token or session, typically used in authentication scenarios. Here’s what it does, step by step:

  1. datetime.now(UTC):

    • This gets the current date and time in the UTC timezone.
  2. .replace(tzinfo=None):

    • This removes the timezone information (making it a naive datetime object, i.e., not timezone-aware).
  3. expires_delta or timedelta(minutes=SecurityConfig.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES):

    • This part determines the expiration duration. If expires_delta is provided (not None), it will use that. Otherwise, it will default to a timedelta object representing minutes specified by SecurityConfig.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES.
  4. Adding the expiration duration:

    • The code adds the determined expires_delta or timedelta (from step 3) to the current datetime (from step 1 and 2). This results in a datetime object representing when the token or session should expire.

Summary:

The code calculates a token expiration time. It starts with the current UTC datetime without timezone info and adds a configurable expiration duration (expires_delta, or a default defined by SecurityConfig.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES). The resulting expire variable holds the expiration timestamp as a naive datetime object.

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