JmikolaAutoLoginBundle

This bundle integrates the AutoLogin library with Symfony2, which implements a security firewall listener to authenticate users based on a single query parameter. This is useful for providing one-click login functionality in email and newsletter links.

Installation

The bundle is published as a package and is installable via Composer:

$ composer require jmikola/auto-login-bundle=~1.0

Compatibility

This bundle requires Symfony 2.1 or above. There is no support for Symfony 2.0.

Configuration

This bundle registers a firewall listener, which is configured via the jmikola_auto_login key in your security component's firewall configuration.

Listener Options

The AutoLoginFactory defines the following listener options:

• auto_login_user_provider: AutoLoginUserProviderInterface service, which provides a method to load users by an auto-login token (i.e. query parameter). If this service is not defined, the listener's user provider will be used by default and an exception will be thrown if the provider does not implement the required interface (in addition to UserProviderInterface).
• provider: User provider key. This is a standard option for most security listeners. If undefined, the default user provider for the firewall is used (see: SecurityBundle documentation).
• token_param: The query parameter to be checked for an auto-login token. The presence of this query parameter will determine if the auto-login listener attempts authentication. In that respect, it is similar to the check_path option for the form-login listener. If undefined, the option defaults to _al.
• override_already_authenticated: Boolean option determines whether an auto-login token should override an existing, authenticated session. This option defaults to false.
• remember_me: Boolean option that determines whether symfony's remember me functionality should be enabled. Symfony's built-in remember me service is looking for remember_me_parameter set to true in request (default key is _remember_me) so to make it work you should add to your login link &_rememeber_me=1 or set always_remember_me: true in your remember_me part of firewall configuration

Security Configuration Examples

Consider the following example, which uses a stock EntityUserProvider:

services:
    acme.auto_login_user_provider:
        # Assume this class implements Jmikola\AutoLogin\User\AutoLoginUserProviderInterface
        class: Acme\UserBundle\Security\AutoLoginUserProvider

security:
    providers:
        acme_user_provider:
            entity: { class: AcmeUserBundle:User, property: username }
    firewalls:
        main:
            # We need not specify a "provider" for our firewall or listeners,
            # since SecurityBundle will default to the first provider defined.
            jmikola_auto_login:
                auto_login_user_provider: acme.auto_login_user_provider
                token_param: al
                remember_me: true #if you want to enable remember me functionality

In this example, we customized the token's query parameter. We also needed to specify a custom service for auto_login_user_provider, since EntityUserProvider does not implement AutoLoginUserProviderInterface. We could simplify our configuration by using a custom service for our user provider, which implements both interfaces:

services:
    acme.versatile_user_provider:
        # This class implements UserProviderInterface and
        # AutoLoginUserProviderInterface
        class: Acme\UserBundle\Security\VersatileUserProvider

security:
    providers:
        acme_user_provider:
            id: acme.versatile_user_provider
    firewalls:
        main:
            jmikola_auto_login:
                token_param: al

FOSUserBundle Configuration Example

If you are using FOSUserBundle, defining a service ID for your user provider will look familiar. You can easily integrate this bundle with FOSUserBundle by defining a custom service for fos_user.user_manager:

services:
    acme.user_manager:
        # This class extends the appropriate UserManager from FOSUserBundle
        # and implements Jmikola\AutoLogin\User\AutoLoginUserProviderInterface
        class: Acme\UserBundle\Model\UserManager
        # Note: the remaining service configuration is abridged

fos_user:
    service:
        user_manager: acme.user_manager