Deprecate allow_broker, use enable_broker_on_windows

msal/__main__.py

@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ def _main():
         option_renderer=lambda a: a["name"],
         header="Impersonate this app (or you can type in the client_id of your own app)",
         accept_nonempty_string=True)
-    allow_broker = _input_boolean("Allow broker?")
+    enable_broker = _input_boolean("Enable broker? It will error out later if your app has not registered some redirect URI")
     enable_debug_log = _input_boolean("Enable MSAL Python's DEBUG log?")
-    enable_pii_log = _input_boolean("Enable PII in broker's log?") if allow_broker and enable_debug_log else False
+    enable_pii_log = _input_boolean("Enable PII in broker's log?") if enable_broker and enable_debug_log else False
     app = msal.PublicClientApplication(
         chosen_app["client_id"] if isinstance(chosen_app, dict) else chosen_app,
         authority=_select_options([
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def _main():
             header="Input authority (Note that MSA-PT apps would NOT use the /common authority)",
             accept_nonempty_string=True,
             ),
-        allow_broker=allow_broker,
+        enable_broker_on_windows=enable_broker,
         enable_pii_log=enable_pii_log,
         )
     if enable_debug_log:

msal/application.py

@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ class ClientApplication(object):
     _TOKEN_SOURCE_CACHE = "cache"
     _TOKEN_SOURCE_BROKER = "broker"
 
+    _enable_broker = False
+
     def __init__(
             self, client_id,
             client_credential=None, authority=None, validate_authority=True,
@@ -470,48 +472,7 @@ def __init__(
             New in version 1.19.0.
 
         :param boolean allow_broker:
-            This parameter is NOT applicable to :class:`ConfidentialClientApplication`.
-
-            A broker is a component installed on your device.
-            Broker implicitly gives your device an identity. By using a broker,
-            your device becomes a factor that can satisfy MFA (Multi-factor authentication).
-            This factor would become mandatory
-            if a tenant's admin enables a corresponding Conditional Access (CA) policy.
-            The broker's presence allows Microsoft identity platform
-            to have higher confidence that the tokens are being issued to your device,
-            and that is more secure.
-
-            An additional benefit of broker is,
-            it runs as a long-lived process with your device's OS,
-            and maintains its own cache,
-            so that your broker-enabled apps (even a CLI)
-            could automatically SSO from a previously established signed-in session.
-
-            This parameter defaults to None, which means MSAL will not utilize a broker.
-            If this parameter is set to True,
-            MSAL will use the broker whenever possible,
-            and automatically fall back to non-broker behavior.
-            That also means your app does not need to enable broker conditionally,
-            you can always set allow_broker to True,
-            as long as your app meets the following prerequisite:
-
-            * Installed optional dependency, e.g. ``pip install msal[broker]>=1.20,<2``.
-              (Note that broker is currently only available on Windows 10+)
-
-            * Register a new redirect_uri for your desktop app as:
-              ``ms-appx-web://Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin/your_client_id``
-
-            * Tested your app in following scenarios:
-
-              * Windows 10+
-
-              * PublicClientApplication's following methods::
-                acquire_token_interactive(), acquire_token_by_username_password(),
-                acquire_token_silent() (or acquire_token_silent_with_error()).
-
-              * AAD and MSA accounts (i.e. Non-ADFS, non-B2C)
-
-            New in version 1.20.0.
+            Deprecated. Please use ``enable_broker_on_windows`` instead.
 
         :param boolean enable_pii_log:
             When enabled, logs may include PII (Personal Identifiable Information).
@@ -584,34 +545,47 @@ def __init__(
                     )
             else:
                 raise
-        is_confidential_app = bool(
-            isinstance(self, ConfidentialClientApplication) or self.client_credential)
+
+        self._decide_broker(allow_broker, enable_pii_log)
+        self.token_cache = token_cache or TokenCache()
+        self._region_configured = azure_region
+        self._region_detected = None
+        self.client, self._regional_client = self._build_client(
+            client_credential, self.authority)
+        self.authority_groups = None
+        self._telemetry_buffer = {}
+        self._telemetry_lock = Lock()
+
+    def _decide_broker(self, allow_broker, enable_pii_log):
+        is_confidential_app = self.client_credential or isinstance(
+            self, ConfidentialClientApplication)
         if is_confidential_app and allow_broker:
             raise ValueError("allow_broker=True is only supported in PublicClientApplication")
-        self._enable_broker = False
-        if (allow_broker and not is_confidential_app
-                and sys.platform == "win32"
+            # Historically, we chose to support ClientApplication("client_id", allow_broker=True)
+        if allow_broker:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "allow_broker is deprecated. "
+                "Please use PublicClientApplication(..., enable_broker_on_windows=True)",
+                DeprecationWarning)
+        self._enable_broker = self._enable_broker or (
+            # When we started the broker project on Windows platform,
+            # the allow_broker was meant to be cross-platform. Now we realize
+            # that other platforms have different redirect_uri requirements,
+            # so the old allow_broker is deprecated and will only for Windows.
+            allow_broker and sys.platform == "win32")
+        if (self._enable_broker and not is_confidential_app
                 and not self.authority.is_adfs and not self.authority._is_b2c):
             try:
                 from . import broker  # Trigger Broker's initialization
-                self._enable_broker = True
                 if enable_pii_log:
                     broker._enable_pii_log()
             except RuntimeError:
+                self._enable_broker = False
                 logger.exception(
                     "Broker is unavailable on this platform. "
                     "We will fallback to non-broker.")
         logger.debug("Broker enabled? %s", self._enable_broker)
 
-        self.token_cache = token_cache or TokenCache()
-        self._region_configured = azure_region
-        self._region_detected = None
-        self.client, self._regional_client = self._build_client(
-            client_credential, self.authority)
-        self.authority_groups = None
-        self._telemetry_buffer = {}
-        self._telemetry_lock = Lock()
-
     def _decorate_scope(
             self, scopes,
             reserved_scope=frozenset(['openid', 'profile', 'offline_access'])):
@@ -1746,9 +1720,53 @@ class PublicClientApplication(ClientApplication):  # browser app or mobile app
     def __init__(self, client_id, client_credential=None, **kwargs):
         """Same as :func:`ClientApplication.__init__`,
         except that ``client_credential`` parameter shall remain ``None``.
+
+        .. note::
+
+            You may set enable_broker_on_windows to True.
+
+            What is a broker, and why use it?
+
+            A broker is a component installed on your device.
+            Broker implicitly gives your device an identity. By using a broker,
+            your device becomes a factor that can satisfy MFA (Multi-factor authentication).
+            This factor would become mandatory
+            if a tenant's admin enables a corresponding Conditional Access (CA) policy.
+            The broker's presence allows Microsoft identity platform
+            to have higher confidence that the tokens are being issued to your device,
+            and that is more secure.
+
+            An additional benefit of broker is,
+            it runs as a long-lived process with your device's OS,
+            and maintains its own cache,
+            so that your broker-enabled apps (even a CLI)
+            could automatically SSO from a previously established signed-in session.
+
+            ADFS and B2C do not support broker.
+            MSAL will automatically fallback to use browser.
+
+            You shall only enable broker when your app:
+
+            1. is running on supported platforms,
+               and already registered their corresponding redirect_uri
+
+               * ``ms-appx-web://Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin/your_client_id``
+                 if your app is expected to run on Windows 10+
+
+            2. installed broker dependency,
+               e.g. ``pip install msal[broker]>=1.25,<2``.
+
+            3. tested with ``acquire_token_interactive()`` and ``acquire_token_silent()``.
+
+        :param boolean enable_broker_on_windows:
+            This setting is only effective if your app is running on Windows 10+.
+            This parameter defaults to None, which means MSAL will not utilize a broker.
         """
         if client_credential is not None:
             raise ValueError("Public Client should not possess credentials")
+        # Using kwargs notation for now. We will switch to keyword-only arguments.
+        enable_broker_on_windows = kwargs.pop("enable_broker_on_windows", False)
+        self._enable_broker = enable_broker_on_windows and sys.platform == "win32"
         super(PublicClientApplication, self).__init__(
             client_id, client_credential=None, **kwargs)
 

sample/interactive_sample.py

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 # Create a preferably long-lived app instance, to avoid the overhead of app creation
 global_app = msal.PublicClientApplication(
     config["client_id"], authority=config["authority"],
-    #allow_broker=True,  # If opted in, you will be guided to meet the prerequisites, when applicable
-                         # See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/scenario-desktop-acquire-token-wam#wam-value-proposition
+    #enable_broker_on_windows=True,  # Opted in. You will be guided to meet the prerequisites, if your app hasn't already
+        # See also: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/scenario-desktop-acquire-token-wam#wam-value-proposition
     token_cache=global_token_cache,  # Let this app (re)use an existing token cache.
         # If absent, ClientApplication will create its own empty token cache
     )

tests/test_e2e.py

@@ -165,21 +165,27 @@ def _build_app(cls,
             http_client=None,
             azure_region=None,
             **kwargs):
-        try:
-            import pymsalruntime
-            broker_available = True
-        except ImportError:
-            broker_available = False
-        return (msal.ConfidentialClientApplication
-                if client_credential else msal.PublicClientApplication)(
-            client_id,
-            client_credential=client_credential,
-            authority=authority,
-            azure_region=azure_region,
-            http_client=http_client or MinimalHttpClient(),
-            allow_broker=broker_available  # This way, we reuse same test cases, by run them with and without broker
-                and not client_credential,
+        if client_credential:
+            return msal.ConfidentialClientApplication(
+                client_id,
+                client_credential=client_credential,
+                authority=authority,
+                azure_region=azure_region,
+                http_client=http_client or MinimalHttpClient(),
             )
+        else:
+            # Reuse same test cases, by run them with and without broker
+            try:
+                import pymsalruntime
+                broker_available = True
+            except ImportError:
+                broker_available = False
+            return msal.PublicClientApplication(
+                client_id,
+                authority=authority,
+                http_client=http_client or MinimalHttpClient(),
+                enable_broker_on_windows=broker_available,
+                )
 
     def _test_username_password(self,
             authority=None, client_id=None, username=None, password=None, scope=None,