https://github.com/drudge/passport-facebook-token
Passport strategy for authenticating with Facebook access tokens using the OAuth 2.0 API.
https://github.com/drudge/passport-facebook-token
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Passport strategy for authenticating with Facebook access tokens using the OAuth 2.0 API.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/drudge/passport-facebook-token
- Owner: drudge
- License: mit
- Created: 2012-11-08T15:36:52.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-16T16:59:58.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-10T04:08:30.328Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
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- Size: 428 KB
- Stars: 391
- Watchers: 12
- Forks: 80
- Open Issues: 32
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# passport-facebook-token
[Passport](http://passportjs.org/) strategy for authenticating with [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/) access tokens using the OAuth 2.0 API.
This module lets you authenticate using Facebook in your Node.js applications.
By plugging into Passport, Facebook authentication can be easily and unobtrusively integrated into any application or framework that supports [Connect](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/)-style middleware, including [Express](http://expressjs.com/).
## Installation
```shell
npm install passport-facebook-token
```
## Usage
### Configure Strategy
The Facebook authentication strategy authenticates users using a Facebook account and OAuth 2.0 tokens.
The strategy requires a `verify` callback, which accepts these credentials and calls `done` providing a user, as well as
`options` specifying a app ID and app secret.
```js
const FacebookTokenStrategy = require('passport-facebook-token');
passport.use(new FacebookTokenStrategy({
clientID: FACEBOOK_APP_ID,
clientSecret: FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET,
fbGraphVersion: 'v3.0'
}, function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) {
User.findOrCreate({facebookId: profile.id}, function (error, user) {
return done(error, user);
});
}
));
```
### Authenticate Requests
Use `passport.authenticate()`, specifying the `'facebook-token'` strategy, to authenticate requests.
```js
app.post('/auth/facebook/token',
passport.authenticate('facebook-token'),
function (req, res) {
// do something with req.user
res.send(req.user? 200 : 401);
}
);
```
Or using Sails framework:
```javascript
// api/controllers/AuthController.js
module.exports = {
facebook: function(req, res) {
passport.authenticate('facebook-token', function(error, user, info) {
// do stuff with user
res.ok();
})(req, res);
}
};
```
### Client Requests
Clients can send requests to routes that use passport-facebook-token authentication using query params, body, or HTTP headers.
Clients will need to transmit the `access_token` and optionally the `refresh_token` that are received from facebook after login.
#### Sending access_token as a Query parameter
```shell
GET /auth/facebook/token?access_token=
```
#### Sending access token as an HTTP header
Clients can choose to send the access token using the Oauth2 Bearer token (RFC 6750) compliant format.
```shell
GET /resource HTTP/1.1
Host: server.example.com
Authorization: Bearer base64_access_token_string
```
Optionally a client can send via a custom (default access_token) header.
```shell
GET /resource HTTP/1.1
Host: server.example.com
access_token: base64_access_token_string
```
#### Sending access token as an HTTP body
Clients can transmit the access token via the body
```shell
POST /resource HTTP/1.1
Host: server.example.com
access_token=base64_access_token_string
```
## Credits
- [Nicholas Penree](http://github.com/drudge)
- [Jared Hanson](http://github.com/jaredhanson)
- [Eugene Obrezkov](http://github.com/ghaiklor)
## License
[MIT License](./LICENSE)