jzgit/ember-cli-rails-oauth-example

Ember CLI, Rails, OAuth example using Torii and Ember Simple Auth

Ember CLI && Rails && OAuth

This example app allows users authenticate using their GitHub account. Their GitHub information is used to create an account on the Rails server along with an access token.

This app makes use of:

• Ember CLI
• Rails 4.1
• Ember Simple Auth
• Torii

Demo

There's a demo of this app running at https://ember-cli-rails-auth.firebaseapp.com/.

How it Works

1. Torii is used to fetch a temporary authorization code from GitHub as described in GitHub's Web Application Flow docs.
2. Ember Simple Auth uses the temporary authorization code to authenticate the session with the Rails server.
3. The Rails server uses the temporary authorization code to fetch the associated accounts details, find or create a matching user, and then find or create an access token for that user.
4. The Rails server sends the matching user's access token back to Ember Simple Auth on the client side along with the current user's id.
5. Ember Simple Auth stores the access token and current user's id in local storage.
6. Ember Simple Auth fetches the current user's record from the server and adds it to the store.
7. Ember Simple Auth uses the stored access token to authorize further requests that are sent to the server.

Installation

1. Clone this repo.
2. Edit the api keys in frontend/config/environment.js (you'll need to register your application with GitHub).
3. Copy backend/.env.sample to backend/.env and add your GitHub credentials.
4. Start both apps with rake run.

Contributing

Please do!