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With the new Chapter 4 Elite Dangerous update Frontier implemented for the companion API a new authentication mechanism. The mechanism is based on OAuth2. To get general infos about how OAauth works the following links a good readings: | |
- https://aaronparecki.com/oauth-2-simplified/ | |
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-oauth-2 | |
The new mechanism can be tested for example with the tool Postman: | |
1) Open https://companion.orerve.net/login (Frontier provided this demo web-app) | |
2) website redirects to https://auth.frontierstore.net/auth?state={random_state}&response_type=code&approval_prompt=auto&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fcompanion.orerve.net%2Flogin&client_id=4e135d0a-e313-4ace-b76b-22947d1be13e I replaced the state with {random_state} as it should change with each call | |
3) Login in with the Frontier credentials and grant access to "Companion" | |
4) Web Auth redirects to https://companion.orerve.net/login?code={auth_request_code}&state={random_state} . The webservice behind this exa |