Node.js client library for OAuth2 (this library supports both callbacks or promises for async flow).
OAuth2 lets users grant the access to the desired resources to third party applications, giving them the possibility to enable and disable those accesses whenever they want.
Simple OAuth2 supports the following flows.
- Authorization Code Flow (for apps with servers that can store persistent information).
- Password Credentials (when previous flow can't be used or during development).
- Client Credentials Flow (the client can request an access token using only its client credentials)
Simple OAuth 2.0 come to life thanks to the work I've made in Lelylan, an open source microservices architecture for the Internet of Things. If this project helped you in any way, think about giving us a star on Github.
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- Requirements
- Installation
- Getting started
- OAuth2 Supported flows
- Helpers
- Configuration
- Contributing
- Authors
- Changelog
- Copyright
Node client library is tested against the latest minor Node versions: 0.10.x, 0.11.x, 0.12.x and 4.2.x.
Install the client library using npm:
$ npm install --save simple-oauth2
Install the client library using git:
$ git clone git://github.com/lelylan/simple-oauth2.git
$ cd simple-oauth2
$ npm install
var express = require('express'),
app = express();
var oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2')({
clientID: CLIENT_ID,
clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET,
site: 'https://github.com/login',
tokenPath: '/oauth/access_token',
authorizationPath: '/oauth/authorize'
});
// Authorization uri definition
var authorization_uri = oauth2.authCode.authorizeURL({
redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/callback',
scope: 'notifications',
state: '3(#0/!~'
});
// Initial page redirecting to Github
app.get('/auth', function (req, res) {
res.redirect(authorization_uri);
});
// Callback service parsing the authorization token and asking for the access token
app.get('/callback', function (req, res) {
var code = req.query.code;
oauth2.authCode.getToken({
code: code,
redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/callback'
}, saveToken);
function saveToken(error, result) {
if (error) { console.log('Access Token Error', error.message); }
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
}
});
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.send('Hello<br><a href="/auth">Log in with Github</a>');
});
app.listen(3000);
console.log('Express server started on port 3000');
Credits to @lazybean
The Authorization Code flow is made up from two parts. At first your application asks to the user the permission to access their data. If the user approves the OAuth2 server sends to the client an authorization code. In the second part, the client POST the authorization code along with its client secret to the Lelylan in order to get the access token.
// Set the client credentials and the OAuth2 server
var credentials = {
clientID: '<client-id>',
clientSecret: '<client-secret>',
site: 'https://api.oauth.com'
};
// Initialize the OAuth2 Library
var oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2')(credentials);
// Authorization oauth2 URI
var authorization_uri = oauth2.authCode.authorizeURL({
redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/callback',
scope: '<scope>',
state: '<state>'
});
// Redirect example using Express (see http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.redirect)
res.redirect(authorization_uri);
// Get the access token object (the authorization code is given from the previous step).
var token;
var tokenConfig = {
code: '<code>',
redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/callback'
};
// Callbacks
// Save the access token
oauth2.authCode.getToken(tokenConfig, function saveToken(error, result) {
if (error) { console.log('Access Token Error', error.message); }
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
});
// Promises
// Save the access token
oauth2.authCode.getToken(tokenConfig)
.then(function saveToken(result) {
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
})
.catch(function logError(error) {
console.log('Access Token Error', error.message);
});
This flow is suitable when the resource owner has a trust relationship with the client, such as its computer operating system or a highly privileged application. Use this flow only when other flows are not viable or when you need a fast way to test your application.
// Get the access token object.
var token;
var tokenConfig = {
username: 'username',
password: 'password'
};
// Callbacks
// Save the access token
oauth2.password.getToken(tokenConfig, function saveToken(error, result) {
if (error) { console.log('Access Token Error', error.message); }
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
oauth2.api('GET', '/users', {
access_token: token.token.access_token
}, function (err, data) {
console.log(data);
});
});
// Promises
// Save the access token
oauth2.password
.getToken(tokenConfig)
.then(function saveToken(result) {
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
return oauth2.api('GET', '/users', { access_token: token.token.access_token });
})
.then(function evalResource(data) {
console.log(data);
});
This flow is suitable when client is requesting access to the protected resources under its control.
// Get the access token object.
var credentials = {
clientID: '<client-id>',
clientSecret: '<client-secret>',
site: 'https://api.oauth.com'
};
// Initialize the OAuth2 Library
var oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2')(credentials);
var token;
var tokenConfig = {};
// Callbacks
// Get the access token object for the client
oauth2.client.getToken(tokenConfig, function saveToken(error, result) {
if (error) { console.log('Access Token Error', error.message); }
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
});
// Promises
// Get the access token object for the client
oauth2.client
.getToken(tokenConfig)
.then(function saveToken(result) {
token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);
})
.catch(function logError(error) {
console.log('Access Token error', error.message);
});
When a token expires we need to refresh it. Simple OAuth2 offers the AccessToken class that add a couple of useful methods to refresh the access token when it is expired.
// Sample of a JSON access token (you got it through previous steps)
var token = {
'access_token': '<access-token>',
'refresh_token': '<refresh-token>',
'expires_in': '7200'
};
// Create the access token wrapper
var token = oauth2.accessToken.create(token);
// Check if the token is expired. If expired it is refreshed.
if (token.expired()) {
// Callbacks
token.refresh(function(error, result) {
token = result;
})
// Promises
token.refresh().then(function saveToken(result) {
token = result;
});
}
When you've done with the token or you want to log out, you can revoke the access token and refresh token.
// Callbacks
// Revoke only the access token
token.revoke('access_token', function(error) {
// Session ended. But the refresh_token is still valid.
// Revoke the refresh_token
token.revoke('refresh_token', function(error) {
console.log('token revoked.');
});
});
// Promises
// Revoke only the access token
token.revoke('access_token')
.then(function revokeRefresh() {
// Revoke the refresh token
return token.revoke('refresh_token');
})
.then(function tokenRevoked() {
console.log('Token revoked');
})
.catch(function logError(error) {
console.log('Error revoking token.', error.message);
});
Exceptions are raised when a 4xx or 5xx status code is returned.
HTTPError
Through the error message attribute you can access the JSON representation
based on HTTP status
and error message
.
// Callbacks
oauth2.authCode.getToken(function(error, token) {
if (error) { console.log(error.message); }
});
// Promises
oauth2.authCode.getToken().catch(function evalError(error) {
console.log(error.message);
});
// => { "status": "401", "message": "Unauthorized" }
Simple OAuth2 accepts an object with the following valid params.
clientID
- Required registered Client ID.clientSecret
- Required registered Client secret.site
- Required OAuth2 server site.authorizationPath
- Authorization path for the OAuth2 server. Defaults to/oauth/authorize
.tokenPath
- Access token path for the OAuth2 server. Defaults to/oauth/token
.revocationPath
- Revocation token path for the OAuth2 server. Defaults to/oauth/revoke
.useBasicAuthorizationHeader
- Whether or not theAuthorization: Basic ...
header is set on the request. Defaults totrue
.clientSecretParameterName
- Parameter name for the client secret. Defaults toclient_secret
.
// Set the configuration settings
var credentials = {
clientID: '<client-id>',
clientSecret: '<client-secret>',
site: 'https://www.oauth2.com',
authorizationPath: '/oauth2/authorization',
tokenPath: '/oauth2/access_token',
revocationPath: '/oauth2/revoke'
};
// Initialize the OAuth2 Library
var oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2')(credentials);
See CONTRIBUTING
Special thanks to the following people for submitting patches.
See CHANGELOG
Simple OAuth 2.0 is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0