Vulcan Auth0 integration

[SachaG]

I took some time to see how far along I could get in a Auth0 integration. I did some good progress, I got their Lock widget working and I can retrieve the access token.

Next step is figuring out how to relate Auth0's user id to our own local Meteor user _id. We might need to trigger a hook on Auth0's side?

• Vulcan core auth0 branch: https://github.com/VulcanJS/Vulcan/tree/auth0
• Vulcan starter auth0 branch: https://github.com/VulcanJS/Vulcan-Starter/tree/auth0

[SachaG]

If you want to play with it:

1. Get the 2-repo install with both repos on their auth0 branch.
2. In settings.json's public object:

"auth0": {
      "clientId": "foo123",
      "domain": "foo.auth0.com"
    },

[maxhash]

Next step is figuring out how to relate Auth0's user id to our own local Meteor user _id. We might need to trigger a hook on Auth0's side?

Why not to use an email address, and 'Username-Password-Authentication' type of auth0 connection?

[SachaG]

I still need to look into it more, but it'd be great to support other auth methods like Twitter, Facebook, etc. via Auth0 so we probably can't rely on email alone.

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[jonathanstiansen]

@SachaG anything come of this, or some help you could use to work on it?

[SachaG]

Our new plan is to use Accounts.js: https://github.com/accounts-js/accounts

Once that's in place we can revisit this issue and see how to make it work with Auth0, if there's a demand for it.

[SachaG]

(I would definitely welcome help to work on the Accounts.js integration btw!)

[jonathanstiansen]

@SachaG want to point me to the issue and maybe I can jump in to work on tasks or be part of the conversation?