Auth module should support multiple providers
Hello guys, I need some help with the auth module of the OpenSaas project. After enabling OAuth I was not able to support both Email and Google provider for a user.
I created a user by email and password, and then after enabling Google Login I tried it with same email Id but it didnot let me to. Any idea to how to make it support multiple providers
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Unfortunately, Wasp currently does not support multiple auth identities (like email and Google) for a single user account. This is a known limitation of the current auth system in Wasp.
According to the Auth Entities documentation:
"Wasp currently doesn't support multiple auth identities for a single user. This means, for example, that a user can't have both an email-based auth identity and a Google-based auth identity. This is something we will add in the future with the introduction of the account merging feature."
The same information is repeated in several other documents, including the Email Authentication docs and the Username & Password Authentication docs.
The Wasp team is aware of this limitation and plans to address it in the future with an account merging feature. This feature will allow multiple auth identities to be merged into a single user account, so users can log in with different methods (like email or Google) and access the same account.
For now, you'll need to choose a single auth method per user. If you need to support multiple providers, you might have to implement a custom solution outside of Wasp's built-in auth system, or wait for the account merging feature to be implemented.
If you need more details on the current auth system and its limitations, you can refer to the Auth Overview documentation.
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Sorry @Omen, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?
Hey @Omen This is strange, it should work.
Oh, are you maybe talking about merging accounts (i.e., have Wasp recognize that a user with a certain email is already logged in with Google)? Wasp doesn't yet support that, but it's high on our priorities list. Here's the issue you can follow: https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/issues/954
Please confirm that's what you meant and I'll link to this thread from the issue 🙂
GitHub
Better user account merging logic · Issue #954 · wasp-lang/wasp
Our existing lookup process just checks if we already associated a user to the incoming social auth method/id and creates a new user if there is no association: https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp/bl...
Yeah I am talking about merging accounts only. Since users might prefer logging in with email password rather than OAuth on unfamiliar devices we need both methods in sync
Can you share me a timeline for this feature?
Not sure we have a rigid timeline, but I'm guessing either this quarter or the next one. Probably not this quarter though since we dedicated most of our time to long-term planning.
That said, if you have ambitions or ideas for implementing this, PRs are very welcome! 🙂
@martinsos Correct me if I'm wrong.
This is verly likely going to happen for 1.0! We are currently in the middle of the planning and also producing a detailed roadmap, so once hwe have that we should be able to give something more precise.