Authentication

Work in Progress

api.metacpan.org implements an OAuth Server and holds the user data. The user data consists of

• id (unique identifier for the user)
• identity (list of authentication providers the user has authorized against)
• access_token (list of access tokens for each front-end the user is connected with)
• code (holds the temporary OAuth code)

The authentication process works as follows:

• The user clicks on "Twitter" as authentication method on metacpan.org
• She is redirected to api.metacpan.org