Add Github as an OAUTH2 Provider

[ScottishTapWater]

I don't use social media, I do use Github.

I imagine quite a lot of tech-savvy people are the same.

 

Please add it as an OAUTH provider <3

[AAVVIronAlex]

Maybe this will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OAuth_providers

[ScottishTapWater]

9 minutes ago, AAVVIronAlex said:

Maybe this will help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OAuth_providers

https://docs.github.com/en/apps/oauth-apps/building-oauth-apps/authorizing-oauth-apps

 

Github works as an OAUTH provider...

 

That article you link lists "notable providers" not all providers.

[Skipple]

Your post insinuates that the only OAUTH options on the site are social media platforms. Microsoft, Google, and Steam are all available as authentication methods, none of which I would describe as social media. I guess if GitHub has the ability to OAUTH and implementation is trivial then I don't see why not, but I'm struggling to understand an individual who has a GitHub account but not a Google or Microsoft one. 

[ScottishTapWater]

6 minutes ago, Skipple said:

Your post insinuates that the only OAUTH options on the site are social media platforms. Microsoft, Google, and Steam are all available as authentication methods, none of which I would describe as social media. I guess if GitHub has the ability to OAUTH and implementation is trivial then I don't see why not, but I'm struggling to understand an individual who has a GitHub account but not a Google or Microsoft one. 

Microsoft and Google aren't but a lot of us don't want either of those accounts because of the privacy issues. Now I acknowledge, given MS have acquired Github, I have no way of knowing if there's actually that much benefit in not having one.

 

It's not a huge drama, I just think that given the audience of this forum, there are probably quite a lot of people with Github accounts, so it would seem an easy win from my perspective.

[GeekPower0]

This should be possible following these instructions: https://docs.github.com/en/apps/oauth-apps/building-oauth-apps/creating-an-oauth-app https://invisioncommunity.com/4guides/members-and-groups/social-sign-in/oauth-20-r349/

[colonel_mortis]

I'm not fundamentally opposed, but I don't think that many people would use it (not that many people would be happy to use GitHub but not Microsoft or Google), and it would be another thing to maintain and make sure the forum software devs don't break (and if they did break it, it would be very annoying for anyone that uses it to log in).

[10leej]

On 5/31/2024 at 11:01 AM, ScottishTapWater said:

I don't use social media, I do use Github.

I imagine quite a lot of tech-savvy people are the same.

 

Please add it as an OAUTH provider

LTT forums are social media....

[ScottishTapWater]

On 6/2/2024 at 1:26 PM, 10leej said:

LTT forums are social media....

You know what I mean, no need to be a pedant.