Big hat tip to: Udi Milo These steps will enable a Web2py app that currently authenticates users using username/password (or email.password) to add the option for users to use their LinkedIn account instead. Once logged in, the app can access the LinkedIn API to access user LinkedIn data.
*1. Go to LinkedIn.com and get your developer key and secret.* *2. Create folder called web2py/linkedin* Place files: linkedin.py, model.py, helper.py from http://code.google.com/p/python-linkedin/ Also create a new file "linkedin_wrapper.py" this will glue LI api into Web2py framework In this add add: from gluon.http import HTTP try: import linkedin except ImportError: raise HTTP(400,"linkedin module not found") class LinkedInAccount(object): def __init__(self,request,session,key,secret,return_url): self.request = request self.session = session if self.session.linkedin is None: self.session.verified = False self.session.linkedin = linkedin.LinkedIn(key,secret,return_url, gae=request.env.web2py_runtime_gae) self.session.linkedin.request_token() def verify(self, verifier): self.session.verified = verifier and self.session.linkedin. access_token(verifier = verifier) return self.session.verified def login_url(self, next="/"): return self.session.linkedin.get_authorize_url() def logout_url(self, next="/"): self.session.linkedin = None return next def get_user(self): if self.session.verified: profile = self.session.linkedin.get_profile(fields=['id', 'first-name', 'last-name','picture-url','industry']) return dict(first_name = profile.first_name, last_name = profile.last_name, picture_url = profile.picture_url, industry = profile.industry, username = profile.id) *3. In dal/db.py* Just above "auth.define_tables()" add: # create custom field 'username' for linkedin profile # the data will be pulled by get_user() in linkedin_wrapper.py auth.settings.extra_fields['auth_user']= [ Field('username', writable=False, readable=False), Field('picture_url', writable=False, readable=False), Field('industry', writable=False, readable=False),] at the bottom add: if request.vars.agent == 'linkedin' or session.linkedin: from linkedin.linkedAccount import LinkedInAccount auth.settings.login_form=LinkedInAccount(request, session, [[YOUR_LI_KEY]], [[YOUR_LI_SECRET]], 'http://' + request.env.http_host + '/[[YOUR_APP]]/default/user/verify') auth.settings.actions_disabled=['register','change_password','request_reset_password','retrieve_username'] *4. In your controller (assumed by dal code above to be called default.py)* def user(): if len(request.args)>0 and request.args(0)=='verify': auth.settings.login_form.verify(request.vars.oauth_verifier) redirect(URL('user', args='login')) return dict(form=auth()) In your controller functions you can access LinkedIn API at auth.settings. login_form.session.linkedin eg auth.settings.login_form.session.linkedin.get_search() # this function will enable users to login using their LinkedIn account via http://.../[YOUR_APP]/default/agent # and other users to use their username/password via http://.../[YOUR_APP] /default/user def agent(): redirect(URL('user', args='login', vars=dict(agent='linkedin'))) Post reply [image: More message actions] Apr 4 --
