Commit f7cf3b50 by Alexander Makarov

Guide on auth clients

parent f07ccb0c
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* [Authentication](security-authentication.md)
* [Authorization](security-authorization.md)
* [Working with Passwords](security-passwords.md)
* **TBD** [Auth Clients](security-auth-clients.md)
* [Auth Clients](security-auth-clients.md)
* [Best Practices](security-best-practices.md)
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AuthClient Extension for Yii 2
==============================
This extension adds [OpenID](http://openid.net/), [OAuth](http://oauth.net/) and [OAuth2](http://oauth.net/2/) consumers for the Yii framework 2.0.
This extension adds [OpenID](http://openid.net/), [OAuth](http://oauth.net/) and [OAuth2](http://oauth.net/2/) consumers
for the Yii framework 2.0.
Installation
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Either run
```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-authclient "*"
composer require --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-authclient "*"
```
or add
......@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ You need to setup auth client collection application component:
]
```
Then you need to add [[yii\authclient\AuthAction]] to some of your web controllers:
Then you need to add [[yii\authclient\AuthAction]] to web controller:
```php
class SiteController extends Controller
......@@ -100,33 +101,33 @@ Although, all clients are different they shares same basic interface [[yii\authc
which governs some common API.
Each client has some descriptive data, which can be used for different purposes:
- id - unique client id, which separates it from other clients, it could be used in URLs, logs etc.
- name - external auth provider name, which this client is match too. Different auth clients
- `id` - unique client id, which separates it from other clients, it could be used in URLs, logs etc.
- `name` - external auth provider name, which this client is match too. Different auth clients
can share the same name, if they refer to the same external auth provider.
For example: clients for Google OpenID and Google OAuth have same name "google".
This attribute can be used inside the database, CSS styles and so on.
- title - user friendly name for the external auth provider, it is used to present auth client
- `title` - user friendly name for the external auth provider, it is used to present auth client
at the view layer.
Each auth client has different auth flow, but all of them supports "getUserAttributes()" method,
Each auth client has different auth flow, but all of them supports `getUserAttributes()` method,
which can be invoked if authentication was successful.
This method allows you to get information about external user account, such as id, email address,
full name, preferred language etc.
Defining list of attributes, which external auth provider should return, depends on client type:
- [[yii\authclient\OpenId]]: combination of "requiredAttributes" and "optionalAttributes"
- [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]] and [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]]: field "scope", note that different
- [[yii\authclient\OpenId]]: combination of `requiredAttributes` and `optionalAttributes`
- [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]] and [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]]: field `scope`, note that different
providers use different formats for the scope.
Each auth client has "viewOptions" attribute. It is an array, which stores name-value pairs,
Each auth client has `viewOptions` attribute. It is an array, which stores name-value pairs,
which serve to compose client representation in the view.
For example widget [[yii\authclient\widgets\AuthChoice]] uses keys "popupWidth" and "popupHeight" to
For example widget [[yii\authclient\widgets\AuthChoice]] uses keys `popupWidth` and `popupHeight` to
determine the size of authentication popup window.
External API usage
------------------
Both [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]] and [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]] provide method "api()", which
Both [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]] and [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]] provide method `api()`, which
can be used to access external auth provider REST API. However this method is very basic and
it may be not enough to access full external API functionality. This method is mainly used to
fetch the external user account data.
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-----------------------
This extension provides the list of ready to use auth clients, which covers most
popular external authentication providers. These clients are located under "yii\authclient\clients"
popular external authentication providers. These clients are located under `yii\authclient\clients`
namespace.
Following predefined auth clients are available:
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Facebook]] - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GitHub]] - [GitHub](https://github.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GoogleOAuth]] - [Google](https://www.google.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GoogleOpenId]] - [Google](https://www.google.com/) OpenID client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\LinkedIn]] - [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Live]] - [Microsoft Live](http://live.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Twitter]] - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/) OAuth1 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\VKontakte]] - [VKontakte](http://vk.com/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\YandexOAuth]] - [Yandex](http://www.yandex.ru/) OAuth2 client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\YandexOpenId]] - [Yandex](http://www.yandex.ru/) OpenID client
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Facebook]] - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GitHub]] - [GitHub](https://github.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GoogleOAuth]] - [Google](https://www.google.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\GoogleOpenId]] - [Google](https://www.google.com/) OpenID client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\LinkedIn]] - [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Live]] - [Microsoft Live](http://live.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\Twitter]] - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/) OAuth1 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\VKontakte]] - [VKontakte](http://vk.com/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\YandexOAuth]] - [Yandex](http://www.yandex.ru/) OAuth2 client.
- [[yii\authclient\clients\YandexOpenId]] - [Yandex](http://www.yandex.ru/) OpenID client.
Please, refer to the particular client class documentation for its actual usage.
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OpenId or OAuth protocol. To do so, first of all, you need to find out which protocol is
supported by the external auth provider, this will give you the name of the base class
for your extension:
- for OAuth 2 use [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]]
- for OAuth 1/1.0a use [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]]
- for OpenID use [[yii\authclient\OpenId]]
- For OAuth 2 use [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]].
- For OAuth 1/1.0a use [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]].
- For OpenID use [[yii\authclient\OpenId]].
At this stage you can determine auth client default name, title and view options, declaring
corresponding methods:
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Depending on actual base class, you will need to redeclare different fields and methods.
1) [[yii\authclient\OpenId]]
### [[yii\authclient\OpenId]]
All you need is specify auth URL, by redeclaring "authUrl" field.
All you need is to specify auth URL, by redeclaring `authUrl` field.
You may also setup default required and/or optional attributes.
For example:
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}
```
2) [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]]
### [[yii\authclient\OAuth2]]
You will need to specify:
- authorize URL - redeclare "authUrl" field
- token request URL - redeclare "tokenUrl" field
- API base URL - redeclare "apiBaseUrl" field
- User attribute fetching strategy - redeclare "initUserAttributes" method
- Auth URL by redeclaring `authUrl` field.
- Token request URL by redeclaring `tokenUrl` field.
- API base URL by redeclaring `apiBaseUrl` field.
- User attribute fetching strategy by redeclaring `initUserAttributes()` method.
For example:
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You may also specify default auth scopes.
Note: some OAuth providers may not follow OAuth standards clearly, introducing
some differences, which may require additional efforts to apply.
> Note: Some OAuth providers may not follow OAuth standards clearly, introducing
differences, and may require additional efforts to implement clients for.
3) [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]]
### [[yii\authclient\OAuth1]]
You will need to specify:
- authorize URL - redeclare "authUrl" field
- request token URL - redeclare "requestTokenUrl" field
- access token URL - redeclare "accessTokenUrl" field
- API base URL - redeclare "apiBaseUrl" field
- User attribute fetching strategy - redeclare "initUserAttributes" method
- Auth URL by redeclaring `authUrl` field.
- Request token URL by redeclaring `requestTokenUrl` field.
- Access token URL by redeclaring `accessTokenUrl` field.
- API base URL by redeclaring `apiBaseUrl` field.
- User attribute fetching strategy by redeclaring `initUserAttributes()` method.
For example:
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You may also specify default auth scopes.
Note: some OAuth providers may not follow OAuth standards clearly, introducing
some differences, which may require additional efforts to apply.
> Note: Some OAuth providers may not follow OAuth standards clearly, introducing
differences, and may require additional efforts to implement clients for.
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