robinbortlik/web3id-rails

Example rails application implementing devise with web3id authentication strategy

WEB3ID Rails example

This repo contains example rails application which integrates devise with web3id authenitication strategy.

What is web3id?

• please refer to official website

Example app setup

• clone repo git clone git@github.com:robinbortlik/web3id-rails.git
• generate your web3id key/secret as per instructions in official documentation
• update .env file
• bundle install
• bundle exec rake db:setup
• start server bundle exec rails s
• open http://localhost:3000 in your browser

How to configure your devise with web3id ?

• add omniauth-web3id gem to your Gemfile
• configure web3id strategy in devise config

  config.omniauth(:web3id,
    ENV.fetch("WEB3ID_CLIENT_ID"),
    ENV.fetch("WEB3ID_CLIENT_SECRET_KEY"),
    callback_path: '/oauth/callback'
  )

• define omniauth callbacks controller

class Omniauth::CallbacksController < Devise::OmniauthCallbacksController
  def web3id
    @account = Account.from_omniauth(request.env["omniauth.auth"])
    sign_in_and_redirect @account
  end
end

• register new controller in routes.rb

devise_for :accounts, :controllers => { :omniauth_callbacks => "omniauth/callbacks" }
devise_scope :account do
  get "/oauth/callback" => "omniauth/callbacks#web3id"
end

• register omniauth provider in your devise model

class Account < ApplicationRecord
  devise :omniauthable, :omniauth_providers => [:web3id]
end

• add login button to your html template

<%= form_tag account_web3id_omniauth_authorize_path, data: { turbo: false } do %>
  <button>Login</button>
<% end %>

Showcase

Screen_Recording_2022-07-24_at_23.43.27.mov