Socialid.login.startConnect

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Starts the social connect process for the given provider to connect a new provider credential in the current login session. Can open a popup dialog or redirect to the provider, depending on the [[socialid.login.init|connectType]].
 
Starts the social connect process for the given provider to connect a new provider credential in the current login session. Can open a popup dialog or redirect to the provider, depending on the [[socialid.login.init|connectType]].
  
This process allows to add credentials from different social networks to the same Social Login user. For example, a user can log in with its Facebook and add its Twitter credential, so the next time this user can choose to log in with its Facebook or Twitter account and be referenced as the same user by the website integrating with the Social Login platform.
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This process allows to add credentials from different social networks to the same Login User. For example, a user can log in with its Facebook and add its Twitter credential, so the next time this user can choose to log in with its Facebook or Twitter account and be referenced as the same user by the website integrating with the Social Login platform.
  
 
==== Event Connect Type ====
 
==== Event Connect Type ====

Latest revision as of 17:02, 30 December 2021

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Description

Starts the social connect process for the given provider to connect a new provider credential in the current login session. Can open a popup dialog or redirect to the provider, depending on the connectType.

This process allows to add credentials from different social networks to the same Login User. For example, a user can log in with its Facebook and add its Twitter credential, so the next time this user can choose to log in with its Facebook or Twitter account and be referenced as the same user by the website integrating with the Social Login platform.

Event Connect Type

When the connectType is set to "event", this API can trigger the following events:

The API works as follows:

In summary, it's important to handle these two events. In case of socialid.events.onLoginSuccess it's important to check the login token via server-side to certificate that the user logged in is the same associated to the current website session.

Redirect Connect Type

When the connectType is set to "redirect", the API works as follows:

  • If no error occurs, the new credential is added to the user account and the user is redirected via HTTP POST to the connectRedirectURI. The connection_id is passed along as the connection_id POST parameter.
  • In case of error, the errorRedirect flag controls the flow. If set to false, an error message is displayed to the user. If set to true, the user is redirected to the connectRedirectURI via HTTP GET with the following query parameters:
error An error code as defined in the OAuth2 specs. Possible values are:
unauthorized_client The client is not authorized.
access_denied The resource owner or authorization server denied the request.
server_error The authorization server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.
error_code A custom error code with more details about the error. Possible values are:
unauthorized It wasn't possible to get the access token for the user because the login code expired or the application credentials are invalid.
not_found The user was not found.
conflict This credential is already associated with another user. In this case, disconnect the other user's credential to allow the connection for the current user.
user_inactive The user is inactive. See: PUT login/users/:user_id/activate
internal_server_error An unknown error occurred.
error_description A user friendly message describing the error.

Usage

 socialid.login.startConnect(provider, options)

Parameters

provider required Determines which provider will be used in the connect process. Can be "facebook", "twitter", "linkedin", "gplus", "instagram" or "apple".
options optional A Javascript object containing additional parameters.
redirectURI optional Overrides connectRedirectURI parameter
scope optional Overrides scope parameter
errorRedirect optional Overrides errorRedirect parameter

Example

It opens a popup starting the login dialog with Facebook when the user clicks on the "facebook_connect" button:

 socialid.login.init(1, {connectType: "event"});
 facebook_button = document.getElementById("facebook_connect");
 facebook_button.onclick = function() {
   socialid.login.startConnect("facebook");
 };

You can test this parameters in our playground: https://sid-examples.herokuapp.com/social_logins/playground

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