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. Each entry consists of:

• name

  Name of the authentication provider (twitter, pause, facebook, et al)

• key

  Key provided by the authentication provider that identifies the user

• extra

  Extra information that is available from the provider

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