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== OAuth in Ruby ==
== OAuth in Ruby ==
=== Creating an OAuth Provider ===
=== Creating an OAuth Provider ===
# Step 1<br/>Step 1 details<br/><br/>
1. Create a Rails application
# Step 2<br/>Step 2 details<br/><br/>
rails new OAuthProviderApp
# Step 3<br/>Step 3 details<br/><br/>
<br/>
2. Add <code>devise</code> and <code>oauth-plugin</code> gems to your Gemfile
gem 'devise'
gem 'oauth-plugin'
<br/>
3. Run <code>bundle install<code> to install the Gems
bundle install
<br/>
4. Run the generator for <code>devise:install</code> and <code>devise:User</code> to generate the User model, controller and views
rails generate devise:install
rails generate devise User
<br/>
The above commands generates the migration and model for <code>User</code>.
5. Run the <code>oauth_provider</code> generator
rails generate oauth_provider
This will generate the migrations, models, controllers, views and routes for the following:
* OAuthToken or AccessToken - The token used to associate the request with the resource owner.
* ClientApplication - Client application that needs access to the services offered by the Server on behalf of the Resource owner
* OAuthNonce - Used for verifying requests from the client
<br/>
6. Migrate the database to create User table in the database
rake db:migrate
<br/>
7.


=== Creating an OAuth Consumer ===
=== Creating an OAuth Consumer ===

Revision as of 23:04, 14 September 2013

Using secure API authorization via OAuth

OAuth is the de facto standard authentication mechanism used by prominent websites like Facebook and Twitter. This wiki discusses Ruby support for OAuth and highlight using examples.

Introduction to OAuth

OAuth in Ruby

Creating an OAuth Provider

1. Create a Rails application 

rails new OAuthProviderApp


2. Add devise and oauth-plugin gems to your Gemfile 

gem 'devise'
gem 'oauth-plugin'


3. Run bundle install to install the Gems 

bundle install


4. Run the generator for devise:install and devise:User to generate the User model, controller and views 

rails generate devise:install
rails generate devise User


The above commands generates the migration and model for User. 5. Run the oauth_provider generator 

rails generate oauth_provider

This will generate the migrations, models, controllers, views and routes for the following:

  • OAuthToken or AccessToken - The token used to associate the request with the resource owner.
  • ClientApplication - Client application that needs access to the services offered by the Server on behalf of the Resource owner
  • OAuthNonce - Used for verifying requests from the client


6. Migrate the database to create User table in the database 

rake db:migrate


7.

Creating an OAuth Consumer

  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3
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