Link accounts to meteor user (co-create with Ian Serlin) #1133
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…Need refactor some of the code. And double check
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+1 for this fix, would love to get this merged to master |
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+1 for this. This would be a great add to functionality. |
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+100 for this. We have been waiting so long! Thanks! |
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+1000. I need it so much. |
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Hi, Whats the update and timelines for this one .. |
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+1 any updates on timeline/availability? |
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+1, any feedback for this pull? |
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+1 this is a really basic feature that a surprising number of people need to do, considering that all there currently is on the subject is a few confusing StackOverflow answers that provide outdated hacky starting points. |
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I would really like it if this pull request was accepted! |
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Throwing a +1 in the mix. It would be nice to not have to hack this into every project. |
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+1, please! |
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+1 from me, too. This would solve a lot of problems... ones that all web apps seem to encounter (or are encountering more and more). In fact, I would go so far as to have a whole "Social Accounts" package or system that may or may not necessarily tie back into the Meteor Accounts system. From there you could manage all the users' various online properties using some common interface. |
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+1 |
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Would be a fantastic add to the product. |
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+1 |
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Maybe someone could create a meteorite package that does this? |
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+1 |
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Folks looking for a solution on this might find #1024 useful. |
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Lots of comments from people who need this, how can we make this a priority? |
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Hey, I have a very simple solution to this that I presented on the last Devshop. Here's the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhbjQ7GeQw&feature=share&t=1h31m4s It will be available as a Meteorite package shortly (next week)! I'll post the link here again when it's published. |
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@lirbank Awesome, looks great. Look forward to the release. :-) |
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The first beta of accounts-merge https://atmospherejs.com/package/accounts-merge is out! This example Meteor App https://github.com/lirbank/meteor-accounts-merge-example explains how to use it. Look forward to your feedback! |
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@chmac - Thanks, it's out now! https://atmospherejs.com/package/accounts-merge |
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It's great to see people creating Atmosphere packages to address these concerns outside of core. Improving this in core is not on our roadmap right now. |
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It only makes sense to me to have it as a part of Meteor Core, especially when there is support for logging in with so many services. No one cares to remember which service they had used to login to a site once. And it is only then when you have got to amaze your users by showing them how seamlessly everything just works. |
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In case anyone on this thread missed it: @yubozhao reimplemented this functionality in a stand-alone package: http://atmospherejs.com/package/link-accounts And you can find his talk about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsEn0xH_TfA&list=UU3fBiJrFFMhKlsWM46AsAYw |
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Well, had I known it before! 😄 I just finished implementing the same thing in another package. The functionality is a bit different, so it may be worth taking a look. o/ |
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I've updated accounts-merge to be compatible with Meteor's new packaging system (i.e. works with Meteor 1.x+) https://atmospherejs.com/mikael/accounts-merge |
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@glasser I'm very new to Meteor. I've been looking at merge requests, probably outdated blogs, and multiple packages (some which seem to duplicate functionality). I'm still not clear on how to get this all to work. Why is this in core if you're not improving it? |
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This seems to me a very obvious thing that should be supported in core! |
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This would be super convenient! |
Problems:
Meteor account system is currently not supporting the ability to link different external services account(such as Twitter, Facebook) to the same Meteor user. A real life example would be Instagram, where Instagram links different social network accounts with the Instagram account to provide user ability to share pictures over different social networks.
Possible solutions
Running along with Meteor's existing account system and handles the issue when calling the login method (Another Account registerLoginHandler).
Build a link system that is separate from existing login system. It should simplify some process because it is not login, but link.
Solution we choose:
We choose to build a link system that is separate from existing login system, because we felt the features we add on are extend features, not basic. And they should be kept in separate section and have rooms for potential expansion in features. Also, it might be confusing to developers that use loginWith to connect additional services.
What accomplished in this pull request:
if user were first use external service to register Meteor user:
for example: user first register Meteor account with facebook account, later on he linked his instagram account. Now he can login this Meteor account with either facebook or instagram accounts that was already linked with Meteor account.
User can log in with the password with that linked Meteor user.
if user were first use password based to register Meteor user:
Error Codes
90000 - "You must be logged into an existing account to link a service."
90001 - "Another user already exist with this service!"
90002 - "Attempt link service already exist."
90003 "You must login to unlink a service."
90004 "You can't unlink password service"
90005 "You can't unlink a non-existing service."
90006 "You can't unlink the only service"
Typical Flow through the Link System
A) the pop-up redirects to a server url and the server captures the returned 3rd party information via Oauth._middleware B) the client detects the pop-up closing and calls the "link" method on the server