I would do it server side. Some people might have JavaScript disabled, so I wouldn't rely on the JavaScript SDK. Does django-social-auth support OAuth2 for Facebook? I can only see OAuth from the docs.
On Oct 18, 5:18 pm, Vijay Khemlani <vkhem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just starting with a project that requires users to be able to > authenticate directly using their Facebook accounts. > > I know this is an old problem, but I noticed there are two quite distinct > ways to solve it, and I wanted to ask for the group's opinion > > 1. Using FB JavaScript SDK > ===================== > > That is, following the code shown here > > http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/web/#login > > and setting a JavaScript function as a callback that redirects to a specific > URL in the project that checks that the auth cookie exists and creates (or > fetches an existing) user in the typical Django auth system. > > 2. Using a Django app with OAuth2 > ========================== > > The second option is using an app such as django-social-auth > > https://github.com/omab/django-social-auth > > That executes the whole authentication in the server > > ---- > > Which one is better from a "pythonic" perspective? I also need to be able to > test the login process using Selenium, which one is better suited for > testing? > > Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
