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API authentication #3

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tracend opened this issue Jun 13, 2012 · 8 comments
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API authentication #3

tracend opened this issue Jun 13, 2012 · 8 comments

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tracend commented Jun 13, 2012

The module needs to have an automated way to generate/reset an api key to make requests from the client
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tracend commented Jun 14, 2012

Consider using this module for the generation of the key/values
https://github.com/dreamerslab/node.secret

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tracend commented Jun 14, 2012

The simplest method for client-side only authentication seems to be Facebook's OAuth for js apps:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/client-side/

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#3 Forming OAuth authentication
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#3 Better OAuth authentication cycle / setting token cookie
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#3 Adding register method in auth lib
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#3 Making authentication optional
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tracend commented Jun 23, 2012

Reference article:
http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/07/30/protected-cross-domain-authentication-with-javascript/#xauth=1

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tracend commented Sep 12, 2012

Keep track of fine tuning the authentication according to the specification:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-31

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tracend commented Nov 30, 2012

Look into using an existing library:
https://github.com/ammmir/node-oauth2-provider
https://github.com/AF83/oauth2_server_node

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tracend commented Dec 10, 2012

https://github.com/jeromegn/connect-oauth2-server

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tracend commented Dec 11, 2012

Closing as the scope has been modified after issue #36

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tracend commented Dec 12, 2012

https://github.com/jaredhanson/oauth2orize

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