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Each OmniAuth strategy is a Rack Middleware, which means it can be used the same way as other Rack middleware. Here we introduce a simple example on how to use Twitter strategy for OmniAuth | Each OmniAuth strategy is a Rack Middleware, which means it can be used the same way as other Rack middleware. Here we introduce a simple example on how to use Twitter strategy for OmniAuth. | ||
=== Add gem to Gemfile === | === Add gem to Gemfile === | ||
First start by adding this gem to your Gemfile: | First start by adding this gem to your Gemfile: | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 16 February 2015
Omniauth
Omniauth is a Ruby authentication framework aimed to integrated with various types of authentication providers. It can be hooked up to any system, from social network to enterprise systems to simple username and password authentication. <ref>https://github.com/intridea/omniauth/wiki</ref>
The topic writeup for this page can be found here.
Background
With web application booming, most users login hundreds of services every day and won't expect to create unique login and password for each service. So intridea recently releases a standard library to provide multi-provider authentication for web applications.
Rack Middleware
Sinatra
Getting Start
Each OmniAuth strategy is a Rack Middleware, which means it can be used the same way as other Rack middleware. Here we introduce a simple example on how to use Twitter strategy for OmniAuth.
Add gem to Gemfile
First start by adding this gem to your Gemfile:
gem 'omniauth-twitter'
If you need to use the latest HEAD version, you can do so with:
gem 'omniauth-twitter', :github => 'arunagw/omniauth-twitter'
Other Examples
References
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