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Simple OAuth2 Reddit

This library is a wrapper around Simple OAuth2 Library

Specially made for Authorization Code Flow with Reddit.

Requirements

Latest Node 8 LTS or newer versions.

Getting started

npm install --save simple-oauth2 @jimmycode/simple-oauth2-reddit

or

yarn add simple-oauth2 @jimmycode/simple-oauth2-reddit

Usage

const simpleOAuth2Reddit = require('@jimmycode/simple-oauth2-reddit');
const reddit = simpleOAuth2Reddit.create(options);

reddit object exposes 3 keys:

  • authorize: Middleware to request user's authorization.
  • getToken: Middleware for callback processing and exchange the authorization token for an access_token
  • oauth2: The underlying simple-oauth2 instance.

Options

Required options

Option Description
clientId Your App Id.
clientSecret Your App Secret Id.
callbackURL Callback configured when you created the app.
state Your CSRF anti-forgery token. More at: https://auth0.com/docs/protocols/oauth2/oauth-state

Other options

Option Default Description
scope ['identity'] https://github.com/reddit-archive/reddit/wiki/OAuth2#authorization
returnError false When is false (default), will call the next middleware with the error object. When is true, will set req.tokenError to the error, and call the next middleware as if there were no error.
authorizeHost 'https://www.reddit.com'
authorizePath '/api/v1/authorize'
tokenHost 'https://www.reddit.com'
tokenPath '/api/v1/access_token'
authorizeOptions {} Pass extra parameters when requesting authorization.
tokenOptions {} Pass extra parameters when requesting access_token.

Example

Original boilerplate

const oauth2 = require('simple-oauth2').create({
  client: {
    id: process.env.REDDIT_APP_ID,
    secret: process.env.REDDIT_APP_SECRET
  },
  auth: {
    authorizeHost: 'https://www.reddit.com'
    authorizePath: '/api/v1/authorize',

    tokenHost: 'https://www.reddit.com',
    tokenPath: '/api/v1/access_token'
  }
});

router.get('/auth/reddit', (req, res) => {
  const authorizationUri = oauth2.authorizationCode.authorizeURL({
    redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/reddit/callback',
    scope: ['identity'],
    state: 'random-unique-string'
  });

  res.redirect(authorizationUri);
});

router.get('/auth/reddit/callback', async(req, res) => {
  const code = req.query.code;
  const options = {
    code,
    state: 'same-random-unique-string',
    redirect_uri: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/reddit/callback'
  };

  try {
    // The resulting token.
    const result = await oauth2.authorizationCode.getToken(options);

    // Exchange for the access token.
    const token = oauth2.accessToken.create(result);

    return res.status(200).json(token);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Access Token Error', error.message);
    return res.status(500).json('Authentication failed');
  }
});

With SimpleOAuth2Reddit

const simpleOAuth2Reddit = require('@jimmycode/simple-oauth2-reddit');

const reddit = simpleOAuth2Reddit.create({
  clientId: process.env.REDDIT_APP_ID,
  clientSecret: process.env.REDDIT_APP_SECRET,
  callbackURL: 'http://localhost:3000/auth/reddit/callback',
  state: 'random-unique-string'
});

// Ask the user to authorize.
router.get('/auth/reddit', reddit.authorize);

// Exchange the token for the access token.
router.get('/auth/reddit/callback', reddit.accessToken, (req, res) => {
  return res.status(200).json(req.token);
});