NOTE: THIS LIBRARY IS DEPRECATED IN FAVOR OF python-social-auth. RIGHT NOW
THIS LIBRARY DEPENDS DIRECTLY ON python-social-auth AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
AS A MIGRATION STEP
Django Social Auth
Django Social Auth is an easy way to setup social authentication/authorization
mechanism for Django projects.
Crafted using base code from django-twitter-oauth_ and django-openid-auth_,
it implements a common interface to define new authentication providers from
third parties.
You can view this app's documentation on Read the Docs_ too.
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Features
This application provides user registration and login using social site
credentials. Some features are:
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Registration and login with social sites using the following providers
at the moment:Google OpenID_Google OAuth_Google OAuth2_Yahoo OpenID_- OpenId_ like myOpenID_
Twitter OAuth_Facebook OAuth_
Some contributions added support for:
DISQUS OAuth_LiveJournal OpenID_Orkut OAuth_Linkedin OAuth_Foursquare OAuth2_GitHub OAuth_Dropbox OAuth_Flickr OAuth_Vkontakte OAuth_MSN Live Connect OAuth2_Skyrock OAuth_Yahoo OAuth_Evernote OAuth_Mail.ru OAuth_Odnoklassniki OAuth_Mixcloud OAuth2_BitBucket OAuth_Douban OAuth_Fitbit OAuth_Instagram OAuth2_Twilio_Trello OAuth_Weibo OAuth2_Yandex OpenId_Shopify OAuth2_StockTwits OAuth2_Stackoverflow OAuth2_Fedora OpenID_Exacttarget HubExchange_Appsfuel OAuth2_
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Basic user data population and signaling to allows custom fields values
from providers' responses -
Multiple social account associations to a single user
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Custom User model override if needed (
auth.User_ by default) -
Extensible pipeline to handle authentication/association mechanism
Demo
There's a demo at http://social.matiasaguirre.net/.
Note: It lacks some backends' support at the moment.
Contact
Join the django-social-auth discussion list_ and bring any questions or suggestions
that would improve this application.
Also join the IRC channel #django-social-auth on Freenode server.
Documentation
Extensive documentation at Read the Docs_.
Dependencies
Dependencies that must be met to use the application:
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OpenId_ support depends on python-openid_
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OAuth_ support depends on python-oauth2_
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Several backends demands application registration on their corresponding
sites
Installation
From pypi_::
$ pip install django-social-auth
or::
$ easy_install django-social-auth
or clone from github_::
$ git clone git://github.com/omab/django-social-auth.git
and add social_auth to PYTHONPATH::
$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd)/django-social-auth/
or::
$ cd django-social-auth
$ sudo python setup.py install
Support
If you're having problems with using the project, use the support forum at CodersClan.
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Copyrights and Licence
django-social-auth is protected by BSD licence.
Some bits were derived from others' work and copyrighted by:
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django-twitter-oauth::
Original Copyright goes to Henrik Lied (henriklied)
Code borrowed from https://github.com/henriklied/django-twitter-oauth -
django-openid-auth::
django-openid-auth - OpenID integration for django.contrib.auth
Copyright (C) 2007 Simon Willison
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Canonical Ltd.
.. _django-twitter-oauth: https://github.com/henriklied/django-twitter-oauth
.. _django-openid-auth: https://launchpad.net/django-openid-auth
.. _Read the Docs: http://django-social-auth.readthedocs.org/
.. _Google OpenID: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OpenID
.. _Google OAuth: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth
.. _Google OAuth2: https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2
.. _Yahoo OpenID: http://openid.yahoo.com/
.. _OpenId: http://openid.net/
.. _myOpenID: https://www.myopenid.com/
.. _Twitter OAuth: http://dev.twitter.com/pages/oauth_faq
.. _Facebook OAuth: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/
.. _DISQUS OAuth: http://disqus.com/api/docs/auth/
.. _LiveJournal OpenID: http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=283
.. _Orkut OAuth: http://code.google.com/apis/orkut/docs/rest/developers_guide_protocol.html#Authenticating
.. _Linkedin OAuth: https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer
.. _Foursquare OAuth2: https://developer.foursquare.com/docs/oauth.html
.. _GitHub OAuth: http://developer.github.com/v3/oauth/
.. _Dropbox OAuth: https://www.dropbox.com/developers_beta/reference/api
.. _Flickr OAuth: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/
.. _Vkontakte OAuth: http://vk.com/developers.php?oid=-1&p=%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2
.. _MSN Live Connect OAuth2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/live/hh243647.aspx
.. _Skyrock OAuth: http://www.skyrock.com/developer/
.. _Yahoo OAuth: http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-auth-flow.html
.. _Evernote OAuth: http://dev.evernote.com/documentation/cloud/chapters/Authentication.php
.. _Mail.ru OAuth: http://api.mail.ru/docs/guides/oauth/
.. _Odnoklassniki OAuth: http://dev.odnoklassniki.ru/wiki/display/ok/The+OAuth+2.0+Protocol
.. _Mixcloud OAuth2: http://www.mixcloud.com/developers/documentation/#authorization
.. _BitBucket OAuth: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/OAuth+on+Bitbucket
.. _Douban OAuth: http://www.douban.com/service/apidoc/auth
.. _Fitbit OAuth: https://wiki.fitbit.com/display/API/OAuth+Authentication+in+the+Fitbit+API
.. _Instagram OAuth2: http://instagram.com/developer/authentication/
.. _Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/user/account/connect/apps
.. _Trello OAuth: https://trello.com/docs/gettingstarted/index.html#getting-an-application-key
.. _Weibo OAuth2: http://open.weibo.com/wiki/Oauth2
.. _Yandex OpenId: http://openid.yandex.ru/
.. _Shopify OAuth2: http://api.shopify.com/authentication.html
.. _StockTwits OAuth2: http://stocktwits.com/developers/docs/authentication
.. _auth.User: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/contrib/auth/models.py#L186
.. _python-openid: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-openid/
.. _python-oauth2: https://github.com/simplegeo/python-oauth2
.. _OAuth: http://oauth.net/
.. _pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-social-auth/
.. _github: https://github.com/omab/django-social-auth
.. _django-social-auth discussion list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/django-social-auth
.. _Stackoverflow OAuth2: http://api.stackexchange.com/
.. _Fedora OpenID: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenID
.. _Exacttarget HubExchange: http://code.exacttarget.com/
.. _Appsfuel OAuth2: http://docs.appsfuel.com/api_reference#api_reference
.. _python-social-auth: https://github.com/omab/python-social-auth