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Electron oAuth Authentication with GitHub API
// based on:
// http://iamemmanouil.com/blog/electron-oauth-with-github/
// https://github.com/ekonstantinidis/gitify
// this version uses https rather than superagent
var querystring = require('querystring');
var https = require("https");
// Your GitHub Applications Credentials
var options = {
client_id: 'your_id',
client_secret: 'your_secret',
scopes: ["..."] // Scopes limit access for OAuth tokens.
};
var authWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, show: false, 'node-integration': false });
var githubUrl = 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?';
var authUrl = githubUrl + 'client_id=' + options.client_id + '&scope=' + options.scopes;
authWindow.loadUrl(authUrl);
authWindow.show();
authWindow.webContents.on('did-get-redirect-request', function(event, oldUrl, newUrl) {
var raw_code = /code=([^&]*)/.exec(newUrl) || null,
code = (raw_code && raw_code.length > 1) ? raw_code[1] : null,
error = /\?error=(.+)$/.exec(newUrl);
if (code || error) {
// Close the browser if code found or error
authWindow.close();
}
// If there is a code in the callback, proceed to get token from github
if (code) {
console.log("code recieved: " + code);
var postData = querystring.stringify({
"client_id" : options.client_id,
"client_secret" : options.client_secret,
"code" : code
});
var post = {
host: "github.com",
path: "/login/oauth/access_token",
method: "POST",
headers:
{
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Content-Length': postData.length,
"Accept": "application/json"
}
};
var req = https.request(post, function(response){
var result = '';
response.on('data', function(data) {
result = result + data;
});
response.on('end', function () {
var json = JSON.parse(result.toString());
console.log("access token recieved: " + json.access_token);
if (response && response.ok) {
// Success - Received Token.
// Store it in localStorage maybe?
console.log(response.body.access_token);
}
});
response.on('error', function (err) {
console.log("GITHUB OAUTH REQUEST ERROR: " + err.message);
});
});
req.write(postData);
req.end();
} else if (error) {
alert("Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't log you in using Github. Please try again.");
}
});
// Reset the authWindow on close
authWindow.on('close', function() {
authWindow = null;
}, false);
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