rakesh-mohanta / satellizer

Token-based AngularJS Authentication

Satellizer

Live Demo: https://satellizer.herokuapp.com

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Satellizer is a simple to use, end-to-end, token-based authentication module for AngularJS with built-in support for Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, GitHub, Bitbucket, Yahoo, Twitch, Microsoft (Windows Live) OAuth providers, as well as Email and Password sign-in. However, you are not limited to the sign-in options above, in fact you can add any OAuth 1.0 or OAuth 2.0 provider by passing provider-specific information in the app config block.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Browser Support
• Authentication Flow
• Login with Email and Password
• Login with OAuth 1.0
• Login with OAuth 2.0
• Logout
• Obtaining OAuth Keys
• API Reference
• FAQ
• How can I send a token in a format other than Authorization: Bearer <token>?
• How can I avoid sending Authorization header on all HTTP requests?
• Is there a way to dynamically change localStorage to sessionStorage?
• Credits
• License

Installation

The easiest way to get Satellizer is by running one of the following commands:

# Bower
bower install satellizer

# NPM
npm install satellizer

Alternatively, you may download the latest release or use the CDN:

<!--[if lte IE 9]>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Base64/0.3.0/base64.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/satellizer/0.13.1/satellizer.min.js"></script>

Note: Sattelizer depends on window.atob() for decoding JSON Web Tokens. If you need to support IE9 then use Base64 polyfill above.

Usage

Step 1. App Module

angular.module('MyApp', ['satellizer'])
  .config(function($authProvider) {

    $authProvider.facebook({
      clientId: 'Facebook App ID'
    });

    $authProvider.google({
      clientId: 'Google Client ID'
    });

    $authProvider.github({
      clientId: 'GitHub Client ID'
    });

    $authProvider.linkedin({
      clientId: 'LinkedIn Client ID'
    });
    
    $authProvider.instagram({
      clientId: 'Instagram Client ID'
    });

    $authProvider.yahoo({
      clientId: 'Yahoo Client ID / Consumer Key'
    });

    $authProvider.live({
      clientId: 'Microsoft Client ID'
    });

    $authProvider.twitch({
      clientId: 'Twitch Client ID'
    });

    $authProvider.bitbucket({
      clientId: 'Bitbucket Client ID'
    });

    // No additional setup required for Twitter

    $authProvider.oauth2({
      name: 'foursquare',
      url: '/auth/foursquare',
      clientId: 'Foursquare Client ID',
      redirectUri: window.location.origin,
      authorizationEndpoint: 'https://foursquare.com/oauth2/authenticate',
    });

  });

Step 2. Controller

angular.module('MyApp')
  .controller('LoginCtrl', function($scope, $auth) {

    $scope.authenticate = function(provider) {
      $auth.authenticate(provider);
    };

  });

Step 3. Template

<button ng-click="authenticate('facebook')">Sign in with Facebook</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('google')">Sign in with Google</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('github')">Sign in with GitHub</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('linkedin')">Sign in with LinkedIn</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('instagram')">Sign in with Instagram</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('twitter')">Sign in with Twitter</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('foursquare')">Sign in with Foursquare</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('yahoo')">Sign in with Yahoo</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('live')">Sign in with Windows Live</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('twitch')">Sign in with Twitch</button>
<button ng-click="authenticate('bitbucket')">Sign in with Bitbucket</button>

Note: For server-side usage please refer to the examples directory.

Configuration

Below is a complete listing of all default configuration options.

$authProvider.httpInterceptor = function() { return true; },
$authProvider.withCredentials = true;
$authProvider.tokenRoot = null;
$authProvider.cordova = false;
$authProvider.baseUrl = '/';
$authProvider.loginUrl = '/auth/login';
$authProvider.signupUrl = '/auth/signup';
$authProvider.unlinkUrl = '/auth/unlink/';
$authProvider.tokenName = 'token';
$authProvider.tokenPrefix = 'satellizer';
$authProvider.authHeader = 'Authorization';
$authProvider.authToken = 'Bearer';
$authProvider.storageType = 'localStorage';

// Facebook
$authProvider.facebook({
  name: 'facebook',
  url: '/auth/facebook',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://www.facebook.com/v2.5/dialog/oauth',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin + '/',
  requiredUrlParams: ['display', 'scope'],
  scope: ['email'],
  scopeDelimiter: ',',
  display: 'popup',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 580, height: 400 }
});

// Google
$authProvider.google({
  url: '/auth/google',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  requiredUrlParams: ['scope'],
  optionalUrlParams: ['display'],
  scope: ['profile', 'email'],
  scopePrefix: 'openid',
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  display: 'popup',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 452, height: 633 }
});

// GitHub
$authProvider.github({
  url: '/auth/github',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  optionalUrlParams: ['scope'],
  scope: ['user:email'],
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 1020, height: 618 }
});

// Instagram
$authProvider.instagram({
  name: 'instagram',
  url: '/auth/instagram',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  requiredUrlParams: ['scope'],
  scope: ['basic'],
  scopeDelimiter: '+',
  type: '2.0'
});

// LinkedIn
$authProvider.linkedin({
  url: '/auth/linkedin',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/authorization',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  requiredUrlParams: ['state'],
  scope: ['r_emailaddress'],
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  state: 'STATE',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 527, height: 582 }
});

// Twitter
$authProvider.twitter({
  url: '/auth/twitter',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authenticate',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  type: '1.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 495, height: 645 }
});

// Twitch
$authProvider.twitch({
  url: '/auth/twitch',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/oauth2/authorize',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  requiredUrlParams: ['scope'],
  scope: ['user_read'],
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  display: 'popup',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 500, height: 560 }
});

// Windows Live
$authProvider.live({
  url: '/auth/live',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://login.live.com/oauth20_authorize.srf',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  requiredUrlParams: ['display', 'scope'],
  scope: ['wl.emails'],
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  display: 'popup',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 500, height: 560 }
});

// Yahoo
$authProvider.yahoo({
  url: '/auth/yahoo',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth2/request_auth',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin,
  scope: [],
  scopeDelimiter: ',',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 559, height: 519 }
});

// Bitbucket
$authProvider.bitbucket({
  url: '/auth/bitbucket',
  authorizationEndpoint: 'https://bitbucket.org/site/oauth2/authorize',
  redirectUri: window.location.origin + '/',
  optionalUrlParams: ['scope'],
  scope: ['email'],
  scopeDelimiter: ' ',
  type: '2.0',
  popupOptions: { width: 1020, height: 618 }
});

// Generic OAuth 2.0
$authProvider.oauth2({
  name: null,
  url: null,
  clientId: null,
  redirectUri: null,
  authorizationEndpoint: null,
  defaultUrlParams: ['response_type', 'client_id', 'redirect_uri'],
  requiredUrlParams: null,
  optionalUrlParams: null,
  scope: null,
  scopePrefix: null,
  scopeDelimiter: null,
  state: null,
  type: null,
  popupOptions: null,
  responseType: 'code',
  responseParams: {
    code: 'code',
    clientId: 'clientId',
    redirectUri: 'redirectUri'
  }
});

// Generic OAuth 1.0
$authProvider.oauth1({
  name: null,
  url: null,
  authorizationEndpoint: null
  redirectUri: null,
  type: null,
  popupOptions: null
});

Browser Support

9*	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

* Requires Base64 polyfill.

Authentication Flow

Satellizer relies on token-based authentication using JSON Web Tokens instead of cookies.

Login with Email and Password

1. Client: Enter your email and password into the login form.
2. Client: On form submit call $auth.login() with email and password.
3. Client: Send a POST request to /auth/login.
4. Server: Check if email exists, if not - return 401.
5. Server: Check if password is correct, if not - return 401.
6. Server: Create a JSON Web Token and send it back to the client.
7. Client: Parse the token and save it to Local Storage for subsequent use after page reload.

Login with OAuth 1.0

1. Client: Open an empty popup window via $auth.authenticate('provider name').
2. Client: Unlike OAuth 2.0, with OAuth 1.0 you cannot go directly to the authorization screen without a valid request_token.
3. Client: The OAuth 1.0 flow starts with an empty POST request to /auth/provider.
4. Server: Obtain and return request_tokenfor the authorization popup.
5. Client: Set the URL location of a popup to the authorizationEndpoint with a valid request_token query parameter, as well as popup options for height and width. This will redirect a user to the authorization screen. After this point, the flow is very similar to OAuth 2.0.
6. Client: Sign in with your username and password if necessary, then authorize the application.
7. Client: Send a POST request back to the /auth/provider with oauth_token and oauth_verifier query parameters.
8. Server: Do an OAuth-signed POST request to the /access_token URL since we now have oauth_token and oauth_verifier parameters.
9. Server: Look up the user by their unique Provider ID. If user already exists, grab the existing user, otherwise create a new user account.
10. Server: Create a JSON Web Token and send it back to the client.
11. Client: Parse the token and save it to Local Storage for subsequent use after page reload.

Login with OAuth 2.0

1. Client: Open a popup window via $auth.authenticate('provider name').
2. Client: Sign in with that provider, if necessary, then authorize the application.
3. Client: After successful authorization, the popup is redirected back to your app, e.g. http://localhost:3000, with the code (authorization code) query string parameter.
4. Client: The code parameter is sent back to the parent window that opened the popup.
5. Client: Parent window closes the popup and sends a POST request to /auth/provider withcode parameter.
6. Server: Authorization code is exchanged for access token.
7. Server: User information is retrived using the access token from Step 6.
8. Server: Look up the user by their unique Provider ID. If user already exists, grab the existing user, otherwise create a new user account.
9. Server: In both cases of Step 8, create a JSON Web Token and send it back to the client.
10. Client: Parse the token and save it to Local Storage for subsequent use after page reload.

Logout

1. Client: Remove token from Local Storage.

Note: To learn more about JSON Web Tokens visit JWT.io.

Obtaining OAuth Keys

- Visit [Google Cloud Console](https://cloud.google.com/console/project) - Click **CREATE PROJECT** button - Enter *Project Name*, then click **CREATE** - Then select *APIs & auth* from the sidebar and click on *Credentials* tab - Click **CREATE NEW CLIENT ID** button - **Application Type**: Web Application - **Authorized Javascript origins**: *http://localhost:3000* - **Authorized redirect URI**: *http://localhost:3000*

Note: Make sure you have turned on Contacts API and Google+ API in the APIs tab.

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- Visit [Facebook Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/) - Click **Apps > Create a New App** in the navigation bar - Enter *Display Name*, then choose a category, then click **Create app** - Click on *Settings* on the sidebar, then click **+ Add Platform** - Select **Website** - Enter *http://localhost:3000* for *Site URL*

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- Sign in at [https://apps.twitter.com](https://apps.twitter.com/) - Click on **Create New App** - Enter your *Application Name*, *Description* and *Website* - For **Callback URL**: *http://127.0.0.1:3000* - Go to **Settings** tab - Under *Application Type* select **Read and Write** access - Check the box **Allow this application to be used to Sign in with Twitter** - Click **Update this Twitter's applications settings**

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- Visit [Live Connect App Management](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=193157). - Click on **Create application** - Enter an *Application name*, then click on **I accept** button - Go to **API Settings** tab - Enter a *Redirect URL* - Click **Save** - Go to **App Settings** tab to get *Client ID* and *Client Secret*

Note: Microsoft does not consider localhost or 127.0.0.1 to be a valid URL. As a workaround for local development add 127.0.0.1 mylocalwebsite.net to /etc/hosts file and specify mylocalwebsite.net as your Redirect URL in the API Settings tab.

API Reference

• $auth.login(user, [options])
• $auth.signup(user, [options])
• $auth.authenticate(name, [userData])
• $auth.logout()
• $auth.isAuthenticated()
• $auth.link(name, [userData])
• $auth.unlink(name, [options])
• $auth.getToken()
• $auth.getPayload()
• $auth.setToken(token)
• $auth.removeToken()
• $auth.setStorageType(type)

$auth.login(user, [options])

Sign in using Email and Password.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
user	Object	JavaScript object containing user information.
options (optional)	Object	HTTP config object. See $http(config) docs.

Returns

• response - The HTTP response object from the server.

Usage

var user = {
  email: $scope.email,
  password: $scope.password
};

$auth.login(user)
  .then(function(response) {
    // Redirect user here after a successful log in.
  })
  .catch(function(response) {
    // Handle errors here, such as displaying a notification
    // for invalid email and/or password.
  });

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$auth.signup(user, [options])

Create a new account with Email and Password.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
user	Object	JavaScript object containing user information.
options (optional)	Object	HTTP config object. See $http(config) docs.

Returns

• response - The HTTP response object from the server.

Usage

var user = {
  firstName: $scope.firstName,
  lastName: $scope.lastName,
  email: $scope.email,
  password: $scope.password
};

$auth.signup(user)
  .then(function(response) {
    // Redirect user here to login page or perhaps some other intermediate page
    // that requires email address verification before any other part of the site
    // can be accessed.
  })
  .catch(function(response) {
    // Handle errors here.
  });

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$auth.authenticate(name, [userData])

Starts the OAuth 1.0 or the OAuth 2.0 authorization flow by opening a popup window.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
name	String	One of the built-in or custom OAuth provider names created via $authProvider.oauth1() or $authProvider.oauth2().
userData (optional)	Object	If you need to send additional data to the server along with code, clientId and redirectUri (OAuth 2.0) or oauth_token and oauth_verifier (OAuth 1.0).

Returns

• response - The HTTP response object from the server.

Usage

$auth.authenticate('google')
  .then(function(response) {
    // Signed in with Google.
  })
  .catch(function(response) {
    // Something went wrong.
  });

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$auth.logout()

Deletes a token from Local Storage (or Session Storage).

Usage

$auth.logout();

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$auth.isAuthenticated()

Checks authentication status of a user.

State	True	False
No token in Local Storage		✓
Token present, but not a valid JWT	✓
JWT present without exp	✓
JWT present with exp and not expired	✓
JWT present with exp and expired		✓

Usage

// Controller
$scope.isAuthenticated = function() {
  return $auth.isAuthenticated();
};

<!-- Template -->
<ul ng-if="!isAuthenticated()">
  <li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
  <li><a href="/signup">Sign up</a></li>
</ul>
<ul ng-if="isAuthenticated()">
  <li><a href="/logout">Logout</a></li>
</ul>

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$auth.link(name, [userData])

Alias for $auth.authenticate(name, [userData]).

💡 Note: Account linking (and merging) business logic is handled entirely on the server.

Usage

// Controller
$scope.link = function(provider) {
  $auth.link(provider)
    .then(function(response) {
      // You have successfully linked an account.
    })
    .catch(function(response) {
      // Handle errors here.
    });
};

<!-- Template -->
<button ng-click="link('facebook')">
  Connect Facebook Account
</button>

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$auth.unlink(name, [options])

Unlinks an OAuth provider.

By default, sends a POST request to /auth/unlink with the { provider: name } data object.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
name	String	One of the built-in or custom OAuth provider names created via $authProvider.oauth1() or $authProvider.oauth2().
options (optional)	Object	HTTP config object. See $http(config) docs.

Returns

• response - The HTTP response object from the server.

Usage

$auth.unlink('github')
  .then(function(response) {
    // You have unlinked a GitHub account.
  })
  .catch(function(response) {
    // Handle errors here.
  });

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$auth.getToken()

Returns a token from Local Storage (or Session Storage).

$auth.getToken();
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$auth.getPayload()

Returns a JWT Claims Set, i.e. the middle part of a JSON Web Token.

Usage

$auth.getPayload();
// { exp: 1414978281, iat: 1413765081, userId: "544457a3eb129ee822a38fdd" }

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$auth.setToken(token)

Saves a JWT or an access token to Local Storage / Session Storage.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
token	Object	An object that takes a JWT (response.data[config.tokenName]) or an access token (response.access_token).

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$auth.removeToken()

Removes a token from Local Storage / Session Storage. Used internally by $auth.logout().

Usage

$auth.removeToken();

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$auth.setStorageType(type)

Sets storage type to Local Storage or Session Storage.

Parameters

Param	Type	Details
type	String	Accepts 'localStorage' and 'sessionStorage' values.

Usage

$auth.setStorageType('sessionStorage');

FAQ

How can I send a token in a format other than Authorization: Bearer <token>?

If you are unable to send a token to your server in the following format - Authorization: Bearer <token>, then use $authProvider.authHeader and $authProvider.authToken config options to change the header format. The default values are Authorization and Bearer, respectively.

How can I avoid sending Authorization header on all HTTP requests?

• By default, once user is authenticated, JWT will be sent on every request. If you would like to prevent that, you could use skipAuthorization option in your $http request. For example:

$http({
  method: 'GET',
  url: '/api/endpoint',
  skipAuthorization: true  // `Authorization: Bearer <token>` will not be sent on this request.
});

Is there a way to dynamically change localStorage to sessionStorage?

Yes, you can toggle between localStorage and sessionStorage via the following Satellizer methods:

• $auth.setStorageType('sessionStorage');
• $auth.setStorageType('localStorage');

Credits

Contribution	User
Dropwizard (Java) Example	Alice Chen
Go Example	Salim Alami
Ruby on Rails Example	Simonas Gildutis
Ionic Framework Example	Dimitris Bozelos

Additionally, I would like to thank all other contributors who have reported bugs, submitted pull requests and suggested new features!

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Sahat Yalkabov

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.