This example demonstrates how to use Express 4.x and Passport to authenticate users using Github. Use this example as a starting point for your own web applications.

Instructions

To install this example on your computer, clone the repository and install dependencies.

$ git clone git@github.com:mdashikar/github-auth-with-passport.js.git
$ cd express-4.x-github-example
$ npm install

The example uses environment variables to configure the consumer key and consumer secret needed to access Github's API. Start the server with those variables set to the appropriate credentials.

$ CLIENT_ID=__GITHUB_CLIENT_ID__ CLIENT_SECRET=__GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET__ node server.js

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000/ to see the example in action.