NAME

Yancy::Plugin::Auth::Github - Authenticate using Github's OAuth2 provider

VERSION

version 1.069

SYNOPSIS

    use Mojolicious::Lite;
    plugin Yancy => {
        backend => 'sqlite://myapp.db',
    };
    app->yancy->plugin( 'Auth::Github' => {
        client_id => 'CLIENT_ID',
        client_secret => $ENV{ OAUTH_GITHUB_SECRET },
        schema => 'users',
        username_field => 'username',
        # TODO: Get other user information from Github, requesting
        # scopes if necessary
    } );

DESCRIPTION

This module allows authenticating using the Github OAuth2 API.

This module extends the Yancy::Auth::Plugin::OAuth2 module to add Github features.

This module composes the Yancy::Auth::Plugin::Role::RequireUser role to provide the require_user authorization method.

METHODS

current_user

Returns the user row of the currently-logged-in user.

login_form

Get a link to log in using Github.

CONFIGURATION

This plugin has the following configuration options.

client_id

The client ID, provided by Github.

client_secret

The client secret, provided by Github.

login_label

The label for the button to log in using Github. Defaults to Login with Github.

Sessions

This module uses Mojolicious sessions to store the login information in a secure, signed cookie.

To configure the default expiration of a session, use Mojolicious::Sessions default_expiration.

    use Mojolicious::Lite;
    # Expire a session after 1 day of inactivity
    app->sessions->default_expiration( 24 * 60 * 60 );

HELPERS

This plugin inherits all helpers from Yancy::Plugin::Auth::OAuth2.

TEMPLATES

To override these templates, add your own at the designated path inside your app's templates/ directory.

yancy/auth/github/login_form.html.ep

Display the button to log in using Github.

layouts/yancy/auth.html.ep

The layout that Yancy uses when displaying the login form, the unauthorized error message, and other auth-related pages.

SEE ALSO

Yancy::Plugin::Auth, Yancy::Plugin::Auth::OAuth2

AUTHOR

Doug Bell <preaction@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Doug Bell.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Yancy

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Yancy