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Ruby

Posted by Bryan Hurren
Bryan Hurren
1,338 Points

Facebook for Auth in Ruby

Hey folks, I'm experimenting with Facebook's APIs to get auth working. Any recommendations for the "best" way to do this with ruby? I'm looking at this right now (uses devise and heroku - just like the course) . http://blog.yangtheman.com/2012/02/09/facebook-connect-with-rails-omniauth-devise/

3 Answers

rayorke
rayorke
27,709 Points
rayorke
rayorke
27,709 Points

There is an excellent video at railscasts.com - video #360 - that covers Facebook authentication with Rails.

Todd Perkins
Todd Perkins
757 Points
Todd Perkins
Todd Perkins
757 Points

Use omniauth with omniauth facebook. This makes it easier if you decide to add twitter, google auth etc down the road.

Bryan Hurren
Bryan Hurren
1,338 Points
Bryan Hurren
Bryan Hurren
1,338 Points

Thanks folks - I got it working, with a few hiccups. I ended up with Omniauth. I documented my approach here (still haven't tried pushing it up to heroku). http://socialgraphpaper.blogspot.ca/2012/12/getting-started-with-rails-and-facebook.html