Quickstart

1. Install NodeJS or Upgrade

Install it! or Upgrade it!

2. Download Project

Download zip file and unzip.

3. Open a command prompt

• Windows

  Select Search programs and files type in node.js command prompt and select Node.js command prompt.

• OSX

  Open terminal by clicking Search Spotlight typing in Terminal and selecting Terminal.

4. Cd into the directory you cloned or unzipped

Depending on how you downloaded and unzipped the project.

• Windows

  cd Downloads/simple-orcid-auth-node-master/simple-orcid-auth-node-master

• OSX

  cd Downloads/simple-orcid-auth-node-master

5. Install client app node dependencies

   npm install 

6. (OPTIONAL) Configure credentials.

This example is configured with default test credentials. You can optionally request your own sandbox credentials: http://orcid.org/content/register-client-application. The following configuration keys can be overwritten by setting environment variables:

• CLIENT_ID - Client id issued by ORCID.
• CLIENT_SECRET - Client secret issued by ORCID
• AUTH_SITE - https://sandbox.orcid.org or https://orcid.org
• TOKEN_PATH - https://api.sandbox.orcid.org/oauth/token, https://pub.sandbox.orcid.org/oauth/token,
• REDIRECT_URI - Link use is sent back to with OAuth2 authorization code.

7. Start client application.

   node client-app.js

8. Open localhost http://localhost:8000/

You should have the a sample client application running on your local machine!

Finally you can also see this code running on a live machine:

https://simpleorcidauthnode-rcpetersorcid.rhcloud.com/