README.md

loopback-example-passport

LoopBack example for loopback-passport module. It demonstrates how to use LoopBack's user/userIdentity/userCredential models and passport to interact with other auth providers.

• Log in or sign up to LoopBack using third party providers (aka social logins)
• Link third party accounts with a LoopBack user (for example, a LoopBack user can have associated facebook/goole accounts to retrieve pictures).

How to run the application

git clone [email protected]:strongloop-community/loopback-example-passport.git
cd loopback-example-passport
npm install

Get your client ids/secrets from facebook & google

• https://developers.facebook.com/apps
• https://console.developers.google.com/project

Create providers.json

• Copy providers.json.template to providers.json
• Update providers.json with your own values for clientID/clientSecret

Run the application

node app

Open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:3000