NAME
Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Facebook - Facebook authentication
for Catalyst
SYNOPSIS
In MyApp.pm
use Catalyst qw/
Authentication
Session
Session::Store::FastMmap
Session::State::Cookie
Facebook
/;
MyApp->config(
"Plugin::Authentication" => {
default_realm => "facebook",
realms => {
'facebook' => {
credential => {
class => "Facebook",
},
},
},
},
);
And then in your Controller:
sub login : Local {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
if (my $user = $c->authenticate(undef,'facebook')) {
# user is logged in - redirect or do something
}
else {
# user has no account in your system
# detect Facebook credentials and create an account
# or do comething else
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This module handles Facebook Platform authentication in a Catalyst
application.
METHODS
As per guidelines of Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication, there are two
mandatory methods, "new" and "authenticate".
new()
Will not be called by you directly, but will use the configuration you
provide (see above). WWW::Facebook::API is required, but we also suggest
you install Catalyst::Plugin::Facebook for ultimate Facebook integration
after the user is authenticated.
authenticate( )
Handles the authentication. Nothing more, nothing less. It returns a
Catalyst::Authentication::User::Hash (this is a user object from your
database - the user table should have a column called "facebook_id",
which the authenticated Facebook user is checked against)
AUTHOR
Jesse Stay <jesse@staynalive.com> <http://staynalive.com>
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
with this module.
SEE ALSO
Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication, WWW::Facebook::API
BUGS
"Bugs? Impossible!". Please report bugs to
<http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Create.html?Queue=Catalyst-Authentication-Cre
dential-Facebook>
THANKS
Special thanks to David Romano and Clayton Scott for writing and
maintaining WWW::Facebook::API