Comments on: Rails and OpenID: Start Your Engines http://terrbear.org/?p=187 ruby! rails! kids! oh my! ... and other fun from terry heath Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-744 admin Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:04:52 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-744 Don - You could change the line in sessions_controller to say something like this: authenticate_with_open_id(identity_url, :required => [:nickname, :email], :optional => :fullname) do |status, identity_url, registration| And that will request the attributes if the OpenID provider supports it. More on that here: http://openid.net/specs/openid-simple-registration-extension-1_0.html There's a code example where I pulled that line from here (also the original plugin that this engine wraps) : http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/openidauthentication Don -

You could change the line in sessions_controller to say something like this:

authenticate_with_open_id(identity_url, :required => [:nickname, :email], :o ptional => :fullname) do |status, identity_url, registration|

And that will request the attributes if the OpenID provider supports it. More on that here: http://openid.net/specs/openid-simple-registration-extension-1_0.html

There’s a code example where I pulled that line from here (also the original plugin that this engine wraps) : http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/openidauthentication

]]> By: don http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-734 don Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:50:25 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-734 This is awesome, I would like to add the functionality to request profile information, like email. How hard is this to do? I did some googling and I can't quite work out what extension people are using. I know it is possible because i saw another site request my google email address. This is awesome, I would like to add the functionality to request profile information, like email. How hard is this to do?
I did some googling and I can’t quite work out what extension people are using.
I know it is possible because i saw another site request my google email address.

]]> By: admin http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-681 admin Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:14:27 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-681 Pratik - Google's OpenID URL isn't easy to guess - it's https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id That said, if you're planning on having non-technical users use your site, I'd suggest picking a front end that fixes that. Here are a few: http://jvance.com/pages/JQueryOpenIDPlugin.xhtml http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/source/browse/trunk/js/openid-jquery.js?spec=svn14&r=14 Pratik -

Google’s OpenID URL isn’t easy to guess – it’s https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id

That said, if you’re planning on having non-technical users use your site, I’d suggest picking a front end that fixes that. Here are a few:

http://jvance.com/pages/JQueryOpenIDPlugin.xhtml
http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/source/browse/trunk/js/openid-jquery.js?spec=svn14&r=14

]]> By: Pratik http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-680 Pratik Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:53:32 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-680 Hey, thanks for the useful information. I have implemented all the steps but when i try to login, it gives me the following error in the logs. [OPENID] No usable OpenID services were found for "http://google.com/" Do i need to add some entries to the open_id tables in the DB ? Thanks, Pratik Hey, thanks for the useful information.
I have implemented all the steps but when i try to login, it gives me the following error in the logs.

[OPENID] No usable OpenID services were found for “http://google.com/”

Do i need to add some entries to the open_id tables in the DB ?

Thanks,
Pratik

]]> By: admin http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-672 admin Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:05:10 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-672 You can customize the login form by creating your own view to match the action. Rails Engines should default to your view, if present. It doesn't currently support more than one OpenID per user, but that's a really good idea for me to implement this weekend :) Thanks! You can customize the login form by creating your own view to match the action. Rails Engines should default to your view, if present.

It doesn’t currently support more than one OpenID per user, but that’s a really good idea for me to implement this weekend :)

Thanks!

]]> By: TempusFactor » Blog Archive » links for 2009-10-22 http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-671 TempusFactor » Blog Archive » links for 2009-10-22 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:09:59 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-671 [...] Rails and OpenID: Start Your Engines @ terrbear.org (tags: rails authentication) [...] [...] Rails and OpenID: Start Your Engines @ terrbear.org (tags: rails authentication) [...]

]]> By: J. Pablo Fernández http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-670 J. Pablo Fernández Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-670 How do you customize the log in form? Can you have more than one OpenID per user? How do you customize the log in form?

Can you have more than one OpenID per user?

]]> By: admin http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-638 admin Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:44:35 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-638 @Jay Sorry, I don't have any experience w/ RPX. @Dovadi Thanks! I'll update the readme and the post. @Jay
Sorry, I don’t have any experience w/ RPX.

@Dovadi
Thanks! I’ll update the readme and the post.

]]> By: Dovadi http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-620 Dovadi Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:18:16 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-620 I like to add two minor points, don't forget to: * remove public/index.html * rename the hello method from welcome controller into index. Otherwise it works like a charm! I like to add two minor points, don’t forget to:

* remove public/index.html
* rename the hello method from welcome controller into index.

Otherwise it works like a charm!

]]> By: Jay Godse http://terrbear.org/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-618 Jay Godse Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:14:24 +0000 http://terrbear.org/?p=187#comment-618 Does this solution work with JanRain's RPX solution? (www.rpxnow.com) If not, do you know of a plugin that does what you do, as easily as you do it, and with JanRain's solution? Does this solution work with JanRain’s RPX solution? (www.rpxnow.com)

If not, do you know of a plugin that does what you do, as easily as you do it, and with JanRain’s solution?

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