- New, more polyvalent auth method
- Token renewal support when available
The 0.2.0
changes a bit the syntax to perform the authentication and to retrieve a request_object to make API requests.
Authenticating the user with a code
OAuth.auth('provider', req.session, { code: 'the_code_you_got_from_the_front_end' }) .done(function (request_object) { /* make requests here */ }) .fail();
This saves also the credentials in the session for the duration of the user's visit.
Authenticating the user from the session
OAuth.auth('provider', req.session) .done(function (request_object) { /* make requests here */ }) .fail();
Authenticating the user from saved credentials
You can save a user's credentials (what's returned by OAuth.io, an object containing the access_token
, refresh_token
, etc) in the data storage of your choice. To retrieve the credentials, do this:
var credentials = request_object.getCredentials();
Later, you can use this object like this to rebuild a request_object
:
OAuth.auth('provider', req.session, { credentials: credentials }) .done(function (request_object) { /* make requests here */ }) .fail();
Note that the credentials are automatically refreshed through the
auth
method if the access token is expired.