Simple OAuth2 StackExchange

This library is a wrapper around Simple OAuth2 Library

Specially made for Authorization Code Flow with StackExchange.

Requirements

Latest Node 8 LTS or newer versions.

Getting started

npm install --save simple-oauth2 simple-oauth2-stack-exchange

or

yarn add simple-oauth2 simple-oauth2-stack-exchange

Usage

const simpleOAuth2StackExchange = require('simple-oauth2-stack-exchange');
const stackExchange = simpleOAuth2StackExchange.create(options);

stackExchange object exposes 3 keys:

• authorize: Middleware to request user's authorization.
• getToken: Middleware for callback processing and exchange the authorization token for an access_token
• oauth2: The underlying simple-oauth2 instance.

Options

Required options

Option	Description
clientId	Your App Id.
clientSecret	Your App Secret Id.
callbackURL	Callback configured when you created the app.

Other options

Option	Default	Description
scope	[]	https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/authentication
state	''	Your CSRF anti-forgery token. More at: https://auth0.com/docs/protocols/oauth2/oauth-state
returnError	false	When is false (default), will call the next middleware with the error object. When is true, will set req.tokenError to the error, and call the next middleware as if there were no error.
authorizeHost	'https://stackoverflow.com'
authorizePath	'/oauth'
tokenHost	'https://stackoverflow.com'
tokenPath	'/oauth/access_token'
authorizeOptions	{}	Pass extra parameters when requesting authorization.
tokenOptions	{}	Pass extra parameters when requesting access_token.

Example

Original boilerplate

const oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2').create({
  client: {
    id: process.env.STACK_EXCHANGE_APP_ID,
    secret: process.env.STACK_EXCHANGE_APP_SECRET
  },
  auth: {
    authorizeHost: 'https://stackoverflow.com'
    authorizePath: '/oauth',

    tokenHost: 'https://stackoverflow.com',
    tokenPath: '/oauth/access_token'
  }
});

router.get('/auth/stack-exchange', (req, res) => {
  const authorizationUri = oauth2.authorizationCode.authorizeURL({
    redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/stack-exchange/callback',
  });

  res.redirect(authorizationUri);
});

router.get('/auth/stack-exchange/callback', async(req, res) => {
  const code = req.query.code;
  const options = {
    code,
    redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/stack-exchange/callback'
  };

  try {
    // The resulting token.
    const result = await oauth2.authorizationCode.getToken(options);

    // Exchange for the access token.
    const token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);

    return res.status(200).json(token);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Access Token Error', error.message);
    return res.status(500).json('Authentication failed');
  }
});

With SimpleOAuth2StackExchange

const simpleOAuth2StackExchange = require('simple-oauth2-stack-exchange');

const stackExchange = simpleOAuth2StackExchange.create({
  clientId: process.env.STACK_EXCHANGE_APP_ID,
  clientSecret: process.env.STACK_EXCHANGE_APP_SECRET,
  callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/stack-exchange/callback'
});

// Ask the user to authorize.
router.get('/auth/stack-exchange', stackExchange.authorize);

// Exchange the token for the access token.
router.get('/auth/stack-exchange/callback', stackExchange.accessToken, (req, res) => {
  return res.status(200).json(req.token);
});