GitHub Log In

A simple Node.js app that gets the 3-legged oAuth token from GitHub. Unfortunately, all Github apps need server-side functionality to prevent forged logins from other sites, so you can't make your Github app browser-only.

Set Up

1. git clone git@github.com:shiya/github-login.git
2. rename example.env to .env
3. Go to Github->Settings->'Developer settings'->OAuth Apps and create an OAuth app.
   1. Set Homepage URL to http://localhost:3000/
   2. Set callback URL to http://localhost:3000/redirect
   3. Create a client secret and save it along with the client ID in your .env file.
4. npm install
5. npm start
6. Go to http://localhost:3000 and sign in.

If you want to test sign-in again, you will need to sign out. Github->Settings->Applications->'Authorized OAuth Apps', find your app and revoke permissions.