Credential Handler API demo
Note: This demo is obsolete, instead see: https://github.com/credential-handler/credential-handler-polyfill#demo
A Credential Handler is an event handler for credential request and credential storage events. The Credential Handler API helps solve the Nascar Problem. The Credential Handler API enables websites to install Credential Handlers that can respond when users visit other websites that request or store credentials.
For example, a user may visit a website that wants them to login using OpenIdConnect, provide an OAuth Token, authenticate using a DID, or present some Verifiable Credentials. When these other websites use the [Credential Handler API][], the user is shown an in-browser selection screen with visual representations (e.g. icons and origin information) of only those Credential Handlers that they have been previously installed by the user and that are compatible with the website's request. Once the user makes a choice, the appropriate Credential Handler is loaded and a credential event is sent to it.
The Credential Handler receives the event via a Service Worker or, if the Credential Handler Polyfill is used, a simple page with no UI elements is loaded that uses the polyfill to receive and respond to the event.
The Credential Handler must respond to the event with a credential that fulfills the request. If necessary, the Credential Handler may open a window on its website's origin to allow the user to interact with its website prior to responding. This UI can be styled and shaped according to the website owner's brand using arbitrary JavaScript and HTML like any other webpage.
Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/digitalbazaar/credential-handler-demoEnter the demo credential repository directory:
cd angular-credential-repositoryInstall its dependencies:
npm installMake its development domain name resolve to your local machine by
editing your /etc/hosts file and adding an entry:
sudo nano /etc/hosts127.0.0.1 <any other existing entries> example.credential-repository.localhostRun the demo credential repository:
npm startThe code in this repository is under a BSD license. However, it relies on packages that are not. Specifically, the demo makes use of the Bedrock framework which is under a different, Non-commercial license.