What is this auth feature called and how do I do this?
When I am in a desktop app and need to authenticate myself, the browser opens with an auth page and when I added my credentials successfully/logged in through oAuth, I am also authed in the desktop app. I have a web app with nextAuth and I want to auth people through that when they want to log into my desktop app.
Examples if you don't know what I am talking about:
Logging into github through vscode(for vscode setting sync),
figma also does this(this is the link that opens:
https://www.figma.com/app_auth/id/grant?desktop_protocol=figma&locale=en)
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oauth
oauth2 to be exact
>mind blown
so like, I need to allow my web app to act as an oauth service
(which is using other oauth services itself)
(like github/discord)
no
if you are using oauth as a authentication mechanism
most of time you use a adapter on the service to manage the user
like
GitHub
GitHub - fastify/fastify-oauth2: Enable to perform login using oaut...
Enable to perform login using oauth2 protocol. Contribute to fastify/fastify-oauth2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
the external service, suck as github, "validate" the user and return a token for you to check the user and stuff
they hold the main user info
I understand that oauth allows me to authenticate users through other apps, when I do that, I store a session id on my database. That will be the same session id that the user stores inside a cookie on the webpage. But here is my problem:
If my desktop app has a 'Log in through browser' button, how do I get that session id(the cookie) to the desktop app, once the sign in is complete
because right now, if I just linked the 'Log in through browser' button with mywebsite.com/signIn, I wound just sign into my website as if the desktop app would not exist
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ye so to elaborate on that a little to make sure we are on the same page:
1. is after the auth was a success
2. will be the typical prompt that wants to open a desktop app
right?
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I will keep you updated when I make more progress with this then
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