While I am very experienced with the AppEngine/Python runtime, I am a newbie to the Go runtime. My first application is close to being ready to roll out, but I still need to provide a capability for the user to log in. I am hoping to use OpenID, as I would rather not require that the user have a Google Id.
However, it seems that there are no or almost no working examples out there, and the AppEngine documentation explicity omits the contents of the function that I need to implement:
func init() {
http.HandleFunc("/_ah/login_required", openIdHandler)
}
func openIdHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
// ...
}
What goes inside the openIdHandler
func?
I understand that I need to provide a page that will allow the user to select one of the many OpenId providers and enter their Id for that system. I just don't know what to do after that. What is the workflow? Does anyone know of any sample code that I can look at to get a general idea of what I must do and what data I must handle? All of my well-honed google-fu has lead me nowhere.
To be clear, I am not looking to interact with any of the services provided by these OpenId providers; I do not wish to create Tweets or Buzz. I do not want access to contacts, docs, Wall postings or anything else. I just wanted an authenticated credenital that I can use inside my application to limit a users access to only his or her own data.
If I well understood you — you need openid, not oath. I rewrote python example (Federated login and logout) for go-lang. Hope this help.
package gae_go_openid_demo
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"http"
"appengine"
"appengine/user"
)
func init() {
http.HandleFunc("/", hello)
http.HandleFunc("/_ah/login_required", openIdHandler)
}
func hello(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
c := appengine.NewContext(r)
u := user.Current(c)
if u != nil {
url, err := user.LogoutURL(c, "/")
check(err);
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hello, %s! (<a href='%s'>Sign out</a>)", u, url)
} else {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Please, <a href='/_ah/login_required'>login</a>.")
}
}
func openIdHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
providers := map[string]string {
"Google" : "www.google.com/accounts/o8/id", // shorter alternative: "Gmail.com"
"Yahoo" : "yahoo.com",
"MySpace" : "myspace.com",
"AOL" : "aol.com",
"MyOpenID" : "myopenid.com",
// add more here
}
c := appengine.NewContext(r)
fmt.Fprintf(w, "Sign in at: ")
for name, url := range providers {
login_url, err := user.LoginURLFederated(c, "/", url)
check(err);
fmt.Fprintf(w, "[<a href='%s'>%s</a>]", login_url, name)
}
}
// check aborts the current execution if err is non-nil.
func check(err os.Error) {
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
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