pleas merge browser id into CouchDB-XO_Auth so it does not mess up _user docs :)
beta upgrade request for http://gert.iriscouch.com/ http://wouter.iriscouch.com/ On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Jason Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin, thank you very much for this! I made some minor tweaks (check > your GitHub inbox), and I have builds working on Iris Couch. > > If anybody wants to use Ocasta Labs' excellent Facebook plugin, let me > know and I'll bump you to the beta build on iriscouch.com. > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Martin Higham <[email protected]> wrote: >> Our CouchDB Facebook authentication plugin has been available for a while >> during this time a number of shortcomings and problems have been >> identified. We have now rewritten this plugin in a more generic manner so >> that we can easily add other external OAuth authentication services such as >> Twitter. Unfortunately the changes we have made to how we store the data in >> the _user database means that it is not compatible with the existing >> Facebook plugin so we have called this version the XO_Auth plugin (eXternal >> OAuth). >> >> Some of the features of the new version: >> >> - it is easy to have a single _user record that contains, OAuth tokens, a >> username/password and also to be used to let the user authenticate with >> Facebook >> >> - when creating a document in the _user doc after Facebook authentication >> the assigned username is based n the users's Facebook name >> >> - Access token storage is optional >> >> - support for the deprecation of the Facebook offline access and support >> for extending token life >> >> - simpler configuration by making the first call direct to Facebook >> >> - clear separation of the Facebook support and generic XO_Auth code >> >> It can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/ocastalabs/CouchDB-XO_Auth >> >> This version has been tested with CouchDB 1.2 only > > > > -- > Iris Couch
