I have set up the identity provider for my Function App. When I access the function URL:

it correctly redirects me to the Microsoft authentication page, and authentication works fine.

However, my goal is to retrieve the authenticated user's email. I attempted to extract it using the X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header, but I’m unable to get it to work.

Here’s my current Function App code:

import azure.functions as func
import logging
import base64
import json

app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS)

@app.route(route="http_trigger")
def http_trigger(req: func.HttpRequest) -> func.HttpResponse:
    logging.info('Python HTTP trigger function processed a request.')

    # Retrieve the X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header
    client_principal_header = req.headers.get('X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL')
    logging.info(f"X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header: {client_principal_header}")
    user_name = None

    if client_principal_header:
        try:
            # Decode the Base64-encoded header
            decoded_header = base64.b64decode(client_principal_header).decode('utf-8')
            logging.info(f"Decoded X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL: {decoded_header}")
            client_principal = json.loads(decoded_header)

            # Log the entire client principal for debugging
            logging.info(f"Client Principal: {client_principal}")

            # Extract the user's name from the claims
            user_name = client_principal.get('userPrincipalName') or client_principal.get('name')
        except Exception as e:
            logging.error(f"Error decoding client principal: {e}")

    if user_name:
        return func.HttpResponse(f"Hello, {user_name}. This HTTP triggered function executed successfully.")
    else:
        return func.HttpResponse(
            "This HTTP triggered function executed successfully. However, no authenticated user information was found.",
            status_code=200
        )

Issue:

I keep getting the response:

"This HTTP triggered function executed successfully. However, no authenticated user information was found."

What am I missing?

Do I need to configure additional settings in Azure AD authentication for the email claim to be included?

Is there another way to retrieve the authenticated user’s email?

EDIT: For more information this is my authenication setup

AS a side note: Im the guest user, and identities are as ExternalAzureAD

And poeple from company itself,

COULD THIS BE THE ISSUE?

I have set up the identity provider for my Function App. When I access the function URL:

https://myfunc-dev-we-01.azurewebsites/api/http_trigger

it correctly redirects me to the Microsoft authentication page, and authentication works fine.

However, my goal is to retrieve the authenticated user's email. I attempted to extract it using the X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header, but I’m unable to get it to work.

Here’s my current Function App code:

import azure.functions as func
import logging
import base64
import json

app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS)

@app.route(route="http_trigger")
def http_trigger(req: func.HttpRequest) -> func.HttpResponse:
    logging.info('Python HTTP trigger function processed a request.')

    # Retrieve the X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header
    client_principal_header = req.headers.get('X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL')
    logging.info(f"X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header: {client_principal_header}")
    user_name = None

    if client_principal_header:
        try:
            # Decode the Base64-encoded header
            decoded_header = base64.b64decode(client_principal_header).decode('utf-8')
            logging.info(f"Decoded X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL: {decoded_header}")
            client_principal = json.loads(decoded_header)

            # Log the entire client principal for debugging
            logging.info(f"Client Principal: {client_principal}")

            # Extract the user's name from the claims
            user_name = client_principal.get('userPrincipalName') or client_principal.get('name')
        except Exception as e:
            logging.error(f"Error decoding client principal: {e}")

    if user_name:
        return func.HttpResponse(f"Hello, {user_name}. This HTTP triggered function executed successfully.")
    else:
        return func.HttpResponse(
            "This HTTP triggered function executed successfully. However, no authenticated user information was found.",
            status_code=200
        )

Issue:

I keep getting the response:

"This HTTP triggered function executed successfully. However, no authenticated user information was found."

What am I missing?

Do I need to configure additional settings in Azure AD authentication for the email claim to be included?

Is there another way to retrieve the authenticated user’s email?

EDIT: For more information this is my authenication setup

AS a side note: Im the guest user, and identities are as ExternalAzureAD

And poeple from company itself,

COULD THIS BE THE ISSUE?

• python
• azure
• azure-functions
• azure-entra-id
• identity-provider

• 1 Use the claims list from X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL and extract the email from the "http://schemas.xmlsoap./ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress" or "preferred_username" claim instead of relying on userPrincipalName. – Dasari Kamali Commented 23 hours ago
• 1 this is the correct answer. – play_something_good Commented 21 hours ago

1 Answer 1

I modified your code to use the claims array from the X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL header instead of relying on top-level keys like userPrincipalName and I successfully retrieved the email ID after authenticating to the Function App.

I have added below lines to the code.

for claim in claims:
                if claim.get("typ") in [
                    "http://schemas.xmlsoap./ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress",
                    "preferred_username",
                    "name"
                ]:
                    user_email = claim.get("val")

Comeplete Code :

import azure.functions as func
import logging
import base64
import json

app = func.FunctionApp(http_auth_level=func.AuthLevel.ANONYMOUS)

@app.route(route="http_trigger")
def http_trigger(req: func.HttpRequest) -> func.HttpResponse:
    logging.info('Python HTTP trigger function processed a request.')
    
    client_principal_header = req.headers.get('X-MS-CLIENT-PRINCIPAL')
    user_email = None

    if client_principal_header:
        try:
            decoded = base64.b64decode(client_principal_header).decode('utf-8')
            client_principal = json.loads(decoded)
            claims = client_principal.get("claims", [])
            for claim in claims:
                if claim.get("typ") in [
                    "http://schemas.xmlsoap./ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress",
                    "preferred_username",
                    "name"
                ]:
                    user_email = claim.get("val")
                    break
        except Exception as e:
            logging.error(f"Failed to parse client principal: {e}")

    if user_email:
        return func.HttpResponse(f"Hello, {user_email}. You are authenticated.")
    else:
        return func.HttpResponse(
            "No authenticated user information found. Please ensure authentication is configured.",
            status_code=200
        )

Output :

I successfully retrieved the email ID after authenticating to the Function App.