[nodebb-plugin-sso-github] Github SSO plugin

[psychobunny]

Login or register to your NodeBB via GitHub. Hopefully this paves the way for a ton of other plugins: https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/wiki/Strategies

Install via NPM:

npm install nodebb-plugin-sso-github

And then activate the plugin in the control panel as per usual. Don't forget to add your clientID and secret in the authentication panel.

More Info on Github

You'll need the latest code as of this commit 89c5d01efa6b948b67bcb4cd19a608da1bdf11cc or later for this plugin to work.

p.s. Are you planning on writing your own SSO plugin? Feel free to base it off this plugin and make sure you ping me if you run into any trouble Good luck!

[julian]

Please keep in mind, all future SSO should be done through plugins.

The existing facebook, twitter, and g+ SSO options will become plugins at some point.

[psychobunny]

https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/commit/c16f04bbcf376217d74dddd9d0ce39d6695836e9

https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/commit/51b38c4c55da11191bdffc01f74b3756d709f79c

these are the two hooks of importance for the above plugin

0 psychobunny committed to designcreateplay/NodeBB

plugins - filter:admin.header.build (pre-existing hook) now allows you to add menu items to the social authentication panel as well

0 psychobunny committed to designcreateplay/NodeBB

plugins - added filter:auth.init hook to add additional login strategies; fixed callbackURL

[omphalosskeptic]

@psychobunny I’m new to NodeBB, and have just set up a forum. I’d like to use you plugin for GitHub auth, but have run into an issue:

When I click the save button, there’s no notification that it worked, and when I go back to the page, it seems to have gotten rid of my keys. I’ve tried restarting from the NodeBB dashboard and with rhc tools, but I haven’t gotten it to work.

After trying for a few times, I installed the google sso plugin and succeeded in getting Google auth working; it also removes the keys from the form, but it gives a save notification and seems to work.

Do you have any suggestions, or have I overlooked something ridiculously obvious?

Thanks!

[julian]

@omphalosskeptic Are you using the latest version of NodeBB?

[omphalosskeptic]

@julian Thanks for your reply. I’m running the latest stable version — 0.5.2 — installed using the Openshift tutorial from the docs. I’m using redis.

[julian]

Do you see any errors in the web inspector when navigating/saving the ACP? Is it just the plugins that have this problem, or are the general settings also not saving?

[omphalosskeptic]

@julian Ah, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. When I go to the GitHub page under social authentication, I get Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'prepare' of undefined from github:208 This doesn’t appear on the google page. Line 208 of admin.tpl seem to be

require(['forum/admin/settings'], function(Settings) {
    Settings.prepare();
});

Also, on all pages (including the homepage of the forum) I get Error during WebSocket handshake: Unexpected response code: 502, but that doesn’t seem to be the issue.

Thanks for your help.

[julian]

@omphalosskeptic Please install v0.2.0 of the GitHub SSO and give it a shot

[omphalosskeptic]

@julian Thanks very much for upgrading that. It works now!

[julian]

Glad to hear it!