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# Functions

#### Experimental!

OAuth for Python is an experimental, innovative, and rapidly changing new feature for App Engine. Unfortunately, being on the bleeding edge means that we may make backwards-incompatible changes to OAuth for Python. We will inform the community when this feature is no longer experimental.

The `google.appengine.api.oauth` package provides the following functions:

get_current_user()

  Returns the User object for the user represented by the OAuth consumer making this request. If the OAuth consumer did not make a valid OAuth request (such as an invalid token or other protocol parameters), calling this function raises a OAuthRequestError.

  When called in the local development server, this method always returns a User object with `email` set to "example@example.com" and user ID set to 0.

is_current_user_admin()

  Returns `True` if the user of the OAuth consumer making this request is currently registered as an administrator of this application. If the OAuth consumer did not make a valid OAuth request, calling this function raises a OAuthRequestError.

get_oauth_consumer_key()

  Returns the OAuth consumer key provided with the current request. If the OAuth consumer did not make a valid OAuth request, calling this function raises a OAuthRequestError.