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Posted by orbyt
orbyt
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User Authentication with Electron

Hi all,

I have a desktop chat application that i'm working on, built with Electron. I need to implement some kind of user system to enable people to log in and out.

Currently, the desktop app communicates with a node.js server via socket.io to send chat messages.

I have two questions:

  1. How can I implement a user authentication system to let users log in to their accounts while on the desktop app?
  2. The third part of this system is a seperate Meteor.js app. Meteor comes with a great accounts system by default. Is there a way to log in users from the Electron app by authenticating against the backend Meteor app?