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Support OAuth2 authentication
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Description

Overview

Allow users to authenticate with external services like Snap.as using their Write.as account. This will also enable Micropub publishing here in the future.

Implementation

Use a library like osin with osin-mysql to implement /oauth/... endpoints.

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matt added a subtask: Restricted Maniphest Task.Nov 26 2017, 8:35 PM
matt closed subtask Restricted Maniphest Task as Resolved.Dec 8 2017, 10:24 AM
matt removed matt as the assignee of this task.Dec 9 2017, 5:48 PM
matt lowered the priority of this task from High to Wishlist.
matt added a project: Federation.

Tried this path, but it ended up being overkill for Snap.as authentication. Instead, we'll add this to support Micropub publishing to Write.as in the future.

matt changed the visibility from "Restricted Project (Project)" to "Public (No Login Required)".Nov 7 2018, 5:23 PM
matt added a project: WriteFreely.
matt added a parent task: Restricted Maniphest Task.Mar 3 2020, 3:37 PM
matt claimed this task.

This is live and working well for the Write.as forum, with Write.as as the OAuth provider. WriteFreely has support as an OAuth client.