Github Authentication using php-github-api

Question

I am trying to implement Github authentication in my application (built using Laravel 4) using php-github-api by KnpLabs. I went ahead and created an app in my Github account to obtain the client_id and the secret key.

The problem is, I cannot authenticate using this library. A null result is returned. It implementation seems simple but I cannot get it work. Checkout how I am implementing it.

try{
        $client = new Github\Client();

        $auth= $client->authenticate('myclientid','mysecret',AUTH_URL_CLIENT_ID);

        $emails = $client->api('current_user')->emails()->all();

        return Response::json(array("user"=>$emails));
    }catch(Exception $e){
        return Response::json(array('failed',$e->getMessage()));
    }

This is the result I get from the above:

 ["failed","Requires authentication"]

Please someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I believe AUTH_URL_CLIENT_ID should be Github\Client::AUTH_URL_CLIENT_ID

Answer 2

Update, Github\Client::AUTH_URL_CLIENT_ID no longer used. Please see:

https://github.com/KnpLabs/php-github-api/blob/v3.3.0/doc/security.md

Supported methods are:

• Github\Client::AUTH_CLIENT_ID
• Github\Client::AUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN
• Github\Client::AUTH_JWT

In this case $client->authenticate('myclientid','mysecret',AUTH_URL_CLIENT_ID) should be:

$client->authenticate('myclientid', 'mysecret', Github\Client::AUTH_CLIENT_ID)

If using auth token, we can ommit the mysecret/password part:

$client->authenticate('myauthtoken', Github\Client::AUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN);