Octokit authentication strategy for OAuth user authentication
Important: @octokit/auth-oauth-user
requires your app's client_secret
, which must not be exposed. If you are looking for an OAuth user authentication strategy that can be used on a client (browser, IoT, CLI), check out @octokit/auth-oauth-user-client
. Note that @octokit/auth-oauth-user-client
requires a backend. The only exception is @octokit/auth-oauth-device
which does not require the client_secret
, but does not work in browsers due to CORS constraints.
createOAuthUserAuth(options)
or new Octokit({ auth })
auth(options)
or octokit.auth(options)
auth.hook(request, route, parameters)
or auth.hook(request, options)
Octokit
Browsers
Load @octokit/auth-oauth-user
directly from esm.sh
<script type="module"> import { createOAuthUserAuth } from "https://esm.sh/@octokit/auth-oauth-user"; </script>
Node
Install with npm install @octokit/auth-oauth-user
import { createOAuthUserAuth } from "@octokit/auth-oauth-user";Exchange code from OAuth web flow
const auth = createOAuthUserAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", code: "code123", // optional state: "state123", redirectUrl: "https://acme-inc.com/login", }); // Exchanges the code for the user access token authentication on first call // and caches the authentication for successive calls const { token } = await auth();
About GitHub's OAuth web flow
const auth = createOAuthUserAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", onVerification(verification) { // verification example // { // device_code: "3584d83530557fdd1f46af8289938c8ef79f9dc5", // user_code: "WDJB-MJHT", // verification_uri: "https://github.com/login/device", // expires_in: 900, // interval: 5, // }; console.log("Open %s", verification.verification_uri); console.log("Enter code: %s", verification.user_code); }, }); // resolves once the user entered the `user_code` on `verification_uri` const { token } = await auth();
About GitHub's OAuth device flow
Use an existing authenticationconst auth = createOAuthUserAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", clientType: "oauth-app", token: "token123", }); // will return the passed authentication const { token } = await auth();
Browsers
@octokit/auth-oauth-user
cannot be used in the browser. It requires clientSecret
to be set which must not be exposed to clients, and some of the OAuth APIs it uses do not support CORS.
Node
Install with npm install @octokit/core @octokit/auth-oauth-user
. Optionally replace @octokit/core
with a compatible module
import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core"; import { createOAuthUserAuth } from "@octokit/auth-oauth-user";
const octokit = new Octokit({ authStrategy: createOAuthUserAuth, auth: { clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", code: "code123", }, }); // Exchanges the code for the user access token authentication on first request // and caches the authentication for successive requests const { data: { login }, } = await octokit.request("GET /user"); console.log("Hello, %s!", login);
createOAuthUserAuth(options)
or new Octokit({ auth })
The createOAuthUserAuth
method accepts a single options
object as argument. The same set of options can be passed as auth
to the Octokit
constructor when setting authStrategy: createOAuthUserAuth
clientId
string
Required. Client ID of your GitHub/OAuth App. Find it on your app's settings page. clientSecret
string
Required. Client Secret for your GitHub/OAuth App. Create one on your app's settings page. clientType
string
Either "oauth-app"
or "github-app"
. Defaults to "oauth-app"
. code
string
Required. The authorization code which was passed as query parameter to the callback URL from GitHub's OAuth web application flow.
state
string
The unguessable random string you provided in Step 1 of GitHub's OAuth web application flow.
redirectUrl
string
The redirect_uri
parameter you provided in Step 1 of GitHub's OAuth web application flow.
request
function
You can pass in your own @octokit/request
instance. For usage with enterprise, set baseUrl
to the API root endpoint. Example:
import { request } from "@octokit/request"; createOAuthAppAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", request: request.defaults({ baseUrl: "https://ghe.my-company.com/api/v3", }), });When using GitHub's OAuth device flow name type description
clientId
string
Required. Client ID of your GitHub/OAuth App. Find it on your app's settings page. clientSecret
string
Required. Client Secret for your GitHub/OAuth App. The clientSecret
is not needed for the OAuth device flow itself, but it is required for resetting, refreshing, and invalidating a token. Find the Client Secret on your app's settings page. clientType
string
Either "oauth-app"
or "github-app"
. Defaults to "oauth-app"
. onVerification
function
Required. A function that is called once the device and user codes were retrieved
The onVerification()
callback can be used to pause until the user completes step 2, which might result in a better user experience.
const auth = createOAuthUserAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", onVerification(verification) { console.log("Open %s", verification.verification_uri); console.log("Enter code: %s", verification.user_code); await prompt("press enter when you are ready to continue"); }, });
request
function
You can pass in your own @octokit/request
instance. For usage with enterprise, set baseUrl
to the API root endpoint. Example:
import { request } from "@octokit/request"; createOAuthAppAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", onVerification(verification) { console.log("Open %s", verification.verification_uri); console.log("Enter code: %s", verification.user_code); await prompt("press enter when you are ready to continue"); }, request: request.defaults({ baseUrl: "https://ghe.my-company.com/api/v3", }), });When passing an existing authentication object name type description
clientType
string
Required. Either "oauth-app"
or "github"
. clientId
string
Required. Client ID of your GitHub/OAuth App. Find it on your app's settings page. clientSecret
string
Required. Client Secret for your GitHub/OAuth App. Create one on your app's settings page. token
string
Required. The user access token scopes
array of strings
Required if clientType
is set to "oauth-app"
. Array of OAuth scope names the token was granted refreshToken
string
Only relevant if clientType
is set to "github-app"
and token expiration is enabled. expiresAt
string
Only relevant if clientType
is set to "github-app"
and token expiration is enabled. Date timestamp in ISO 8601 standard. Example: 2022-01-01T08:00:0.000Z
refreshTokenExpiresAt
string
Only relevant if clientType
is set to "github-app"
and token expiration is enabled. Date timestamp in ISO 8601 standard. Example: 2021-07-01T00:00:0.000Z
request
function
You can pass in your own @octokit/request
instance. For usage with enterprise, set baseUrl
to the API root endpoint. Example:
import { request } from "@octokit/request"; createOAuthAppAuth({ clientId: "1234567890abcdef1234", clientSecret: "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678", request: request.defaults({ baseUrl: "https://ghe.my-company.com/api/v3", }), });
auth(options)
or octokit.auth(options)
The async auth()
method is returned by createOAuthUserAuth(options)
or set on the octokit
instance when the Octokit
constructor was called with authStrategy: createOAuthUserAuth
.
Once auth()
receives a valid authentication object it caches it in memory and uses it for subsequent calls. It also caches if the token is invalid and no longer tries to send any requests. If the authentication is using a refresh token, a new token will be requested as needed. Calling auth({ type: "reset" })
will replace the internally cached authentication.
Resolves with an authentication object.
name type descriptiontype
string
Without setting type
auth will return the current authentication object, or exchange the code
from the strategy options on first call. If the current authentication token is expired, the tokens will be refreshed.
Possible values for type
are
"get"
: returns the token from internal state and creates it if none was created yet"check"
: sends request to verify the validity of the current token"reset"
: invalidates current token and replaces it with a new one"refresh"
: GitHub Apps only, and only if expiring user tokens are enabled."delete"
: invalidates current token"deleteAuthorization"
: revokes OAuth access for application. All tokens for the current user created by the same app are invalidated. The user will be prompted to grant access again during the next OAuth web flow.There are three possible results
The differences are
scopes
is only present for OAuth AppsrefreshToken
, expiresAt
, refreshTokenExpiresAt
are only present for GitHub Apps, and only if token expiration is enabledtype
string
"token"
tokenType
string
"oauth"
clientType
string
"oauth-app"
clientId
string
The clientId
from the strategy options clientSecret
string
The clientSecret
from the strategy options token
string
The user access token scopes
array of strings
array of scope names enabled for the token onTokenCreated
function
callback invoked when a token is "reset" or "refreshed" invalid
boolean
Either undefined
or true
. Will be set to true
if the token was invalided explicitly or found to be invalid
type
string
"token"
tokenType
string
"oauth"
clientType
string
"github-app"
clientId
string
The clientId
from the strategy options clientSecret
string
The clientSecret
from the strategy options token
string
The user access token onTokenCreated
function
callback invoked when a token is "reset" or "refreshed" invalid
boolean
Either undefined
or true
. Will be set to true
if the token was invalided explicitly or found to be invalid
type
string
"token"
tokenType
string
"oauth"
clientType
string
"github-app"
clientId
string
The clientId
from the strategy options clientSecret
string
The clientSecret
from the strategy options token
string
The user access token refreshToken
string
The refresh token expiresAt
string
Date timestamp in ISO 8601 standard. Example: 2022-01-01T08:00:0.000Z
refreshTokenExpiresAt
string
Date timestamp in ISO 8601 standard. Example: 2021-07-01T00:00:0.000Z
invalid
boolean
Either undefined
or true
. Will be set to true
if the token was invalided explicitly or found to be invalid
auth.hook(request, route, parameters)
or auth.hook(request, options)
auth.hook()
hooks directly into the request life cycle. It amends the request to authenticate correctly based on the request URL.
The request
option is an instance of @octokit/request
. The route
/options
parameters are the same as for the request()
method.
auth.hook()
can be called directly to send an authenticated request
const { data: user } = await auth.hook(request, "GET /user");
Or it can be passed as option to request()
.
const requestWithAuth = request.defaults({ request: { hook: auth.hook, }, }); const { data: user } = await requestWithAuth("GET /user");
import { GitHubAppAuthentication, GitHubAppAuthenticationWithExpiration, GitHubAppAuthOptions, GitHubAppStrategyOptions, GitHubAppStrategyOptionsDeviceFlow, GitHubAppStrategyOptionsExistingAuthentication, GitHubAppStrategyOptionsExistingAuthenticationWithExpiration, GitHubAppStrategyOptionsWebFlow, OAuthAppAuthentication, OAuthAppAuthOptions, OAuthAppStrategyOptions, OAuthAppStrategyOptionsDeviceFlow, OAuthAppStrategyOptionsExistingAuthentication, OAuthAppStrategyOptionsWebFlow, } from "@octokit/auth-oauth-user";
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