OmniAuth Yahoo OAuth2 Strategy

Yahoo OAuth2 Strategy for OmniAuth.
Supports OAuth 2.0 client-side flow. Read about it at: https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/

Installation

Add to your Gemfile:

gem 'omniauth-yahoo_auth'

Then bundle install.

Yahoo App Setup

• Go to https://developer.yahoo.com/apps/
• Click on Create an app. Give an application name, callback domain and Api Permissions.
• This gem is tested with an app that had contacts and profiles API enabled with read access.
• Then hit create app button.
• Yahoo will now give you your app's id and secret.

Usage

• Add a route get 'auth/:provider/callback', to: 'sessions#custom' in your routes.rb file
• Create a sessions controller and a custom method.
• Add the following in one of your initializer files or create a new one(say config/initializers/omniauth.rb)

Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
  provider :yahoo_auth, ENV['YAHOO_APP_ID'], ENV['YAHOO_APP_SECRET']
end

• You can now restart your server and go to /auth/yahoo_auth.
• Yahoo should now prompt the user to login using yahoo credentials. Enter them and hit login.
• You should be able to get access to an Auth hash using env["omniauth.auth"] inside your session#custom method.

NOTE: While developing your application, if you change the scope in the initializer you will need to restart your app server.

Configuring

You can configure several options, which you pass in to the provider method via a Hash:

Option name	Default	Explanation
name	yahoo_auth	It can be changed to any value, for example yahoo. The OmniAuth URL will thus change to /auth/yahoo .
redirect_uri	/auth/yahoo/callback	Specify a custom callback URL used during the server-side flow. Default is https://www.your_callback_domain/auth/yahoo/callback
image_size	192x192	Set the size for the returned image in the auth hash. Valid options include sizes: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 96x96, 128x128, 192x192

For example:

Rails.application.config.middleware.use OmniAuth::Builder do
  provider :yahoo_auth, ENV['YAHOO_APP_ID'], ENV['YAHOO_APP_SECRET'],
  { name: "yahoo",
    redirect_uri: "https://www.your_callback_domain/auth/yahoo/callback",
    image_size: "96x96"}
end

Auth Hash

Here's an example Auth Hash available in request.env['omniauth.auth']:

{
  info: {
    nickname: 'Harvey',
    email: 'harvey@suits.com',
    first_name: 'Harvey',
    last_name: 'Specter',
    image: 'https://s.yimg.com/wm/modern/images/default_user_profile_pic_192.png',
  },
  credentials: {
    token: 'HnEU9cep1...', # OAuth 2.0 ACCESS_TOKEN.
    refresh_token: 'AFBTm...', # REFRESH_TOKEN to to get a new OAuth 2.0 access_token when the previous one expires.
    expires_at: 1503232413, # Time at which your OAuth 2.0 access_token expires.
    expires: true # this will always be true.
  },
  extra: {
      gender: 'M',
      language: 'en-IN',
      location: 'User Location',
      birth_year: 'User birth year',
      birth_date: 'User birth date',
      addresses: 'User addresses',
      urls: {
        default_image: 'https://s.yimg.com/wm/modern/images/default_user_profile_pic_192.png',
        profile: 'http://profile.yahoo.com/KBA...'
      }
  }
}

The precise information available will depend on your request.

Integration with Devise

First define your application id and secret in config/initializers/devise.rb. Do not use the snippet mentioned in the Usage section.

Configuration options can be passed as the last parameter here as key/value pairs.

config.omniauth :yahoo_auth, 'YAHOO_APP_ID', 'YAHOO_APP_SECRET', {}

Then add the following to 'config/routes.rb' so the callback routes are defined.

devise_for :users, controllers: { omniauth_callbacks: 'users/omniauth_callbacks' }

Make sure your model is omniauthable. Generally this is "/app/models/user.rb"

devise :omniauthable, omniauth_providers: [:yahoo_auth]

Then make sure your callbacks controller is setup.

# app/controllers/users/omniauth_callbacks_controller.rb
class Users::OmniauthCallbacksController < Devise::OmniauthCallbacksController
  def yahoo_auth
      # You need to implement the method below in your model (e.g. app/models/user.rb)
      @user = User.from_omniauth(request.env['omniauth.auth'])

      if @user.persisted?
        flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'devise.omniauth_callbacks.success', kind: 'Yahoo'
        sign_in_and_redirect @user, event: :authentication
      else
        session['devise.yahoo_data'] = request.env['omniauth.auth']
        redirect_to new_user_registration_url, alert: @user.errors.full_messages.join("\n")
      end
  end
end

and bind to or create the user

# app/models/user.rb
def self.from_omniauth(access_token)
    data = access_token.info
    user = User.where(email: data['email']).first
    # Uncomment the section below if you want users to be created if they don't exist
    # unless user
    #     user = User.create(name: data['nickname'],
    #        email: data['email'],
    #        password: Devise.friendly_token[0,20]
    #     )
    # end
    user
end

For your views you can login using:

<%= link_to "Sign in with Yahoo", user_yahoo_auth_omniauth_authorize_path %>

<%# Devise prior 4.1.0: %>
<%= link_to "Sign in with Yahoo", user_omniauth_authorize_path(:yahoo_auth) %>

Test this gem locally

Yahoo doesn't allow localhost or 127.0.0.1 as callback domain while making an app.
So, you can follow below steps to test this gem on your local environment.

• In case you are using unix or linux system, create a alias like 127.0.0.1 mywebsite.dev in /etc/hosts (you need have the line which is similar to the one mentioned here in the file)
• Use http://website.dev/callbackurl/for/app in call back URL during local testing.
• You will need to run your rails app at port 80.
• To forcefully run your app on port 80 use rvmsudo rails s -p 80

Further Reading

• Authorization flow of yahoo is described at : https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/flows_authcode/.
• Yahoo social api documentation : https://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api_guide/
• Overview of devise and OAuth gems working together : https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/OmniAuth:-Overview

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/creative-karan/omniauth-yahoo_auth. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.