More auth providers: Facebook, Github, ...

[katopz]

Hi,

Auth0 is nice for free dev but it can reach $745/mo in prod too. So the question is do you have other way to so social login? For example : https://www.reindex.io/docs/security/authentication/#social-login-authentication-providers

Thanks

[schickling]

Hi @katopz, that's a very good point. Yes, we're having plans to add more auth providers in the future. Which ones in particular would be important for you?

[katopz]

@schickling Facebook is a must have for real business, and github for my dream project. :)

Thanks

[mbiqbal]

@schickling Do we have a timeline for this? Especially facebook?

[marktani]

Using Auth0 is the recommended way for now. After their pricing updates I think that's a feasible choice for most applications! :slightly_smiling_face:

We'll add further dedicated Social Logins in the future.

[sedubois]

I'm sad to hear that. I hope Facebook and email auto can come very soon (or at least that there would be a documented way to do it without Auth0). I have the prospect of bringing a prod app with thousands of users and it makes me question whether Graphcool can be more than just a prototyping tool.

[marktani]

Facebook Social Login is indeed on our close time horizon. I'll keep this thread posted with further information soon.

[schickling]

I totally agree with you @sedubois. We have more and more people asking for this so it's a high priority for us along #39 🙂

[mbiqbal]

@marktani Do we have an ETA for this?

[marktani]

We've run a closed beta for the Facebook Social Login feature for a few weeks and it will take us another few weeks until this feature is available to everyone. Thanks for your patience :pray:

[jvbianchi]

add Google as a social provider would be nice, most people have at least one gmail account

[mkozhukharenko]

yes, google would be nice as well

[jhalborg]

IMO Facebook and Google auth are both mandatory for serious projects. Good to know they're in the works :)

[jhalborg]

@marktani - Just to make sure, will the tokens / integrations to the new auth providers be usable with the permissions?

[marktani]

The closed beta is still going on and also includes Google authentication. Both integrations include token verification as well as an integration with the permission system 🙂

[sedubois]

Considering that password authentication should (AFAIK) be avoided for any new project, I think it would make sense to have an easy passwordless system (sending one-time tokens by email/SMS). Can this be considered in the current development?

[marktani]

This is already available through the Digits and Auth0 integrations - did you have something specific in mind?

[sedubois]

Thanks @marktani. I mean that, as pointed in the OP, it's quite pricy and cumbersome just to get authentication.

[changalberto]

Without facebook auth, this is a show stopper for me at the moment. Please get this feature out soon. =)

[marktani]

Hey folks thanks for your thoughts!

@sedubois, Digits is free as far as I can tell. Did you think of a specific integration for an passwordless system?

@changalberto, the closed beta for Facebook/Google Auth is going great and we're doing out best to push it out as fast as possible 🙂

[sedubois]

@marktani AFAIK digits is only for mobile phone, but I need email auth (that's the data I have).

[gustavopch]

@marktani Digits was acquired by Firebase. It was integrated into Firebase Authentication and will be retired in September 30.

[jhalborg]

All the more reason to offer a Firebase Auth integration ;)

[rafaelcorreiapoli]

What if I don't want to use Auth0Lock for my UI? Let's say I want to use react-native-fbsdk to get the facebook token, how can I exchange that for a Auth0's idToken to perform the authentication flow with GraphCool?

[marktani]

We recently released examples for authentication with Facebook and Google using the new beta feature "Schema Extensions" :tada:

We're still looking for help for more examples like Twitter, Github or Firebase. If you're interested to join the beta program, please contact me in Slack (my handle is nilan).

[marktani]

This can be discussed further here: https://www.graph.cool/forum/t/feedback-schema-extensions-beta/405.