auth-callback.js

GitHub API authentication using a callback method

Usage

Browsers

Load @octokit/auth-callback directly from esm.sh

<script type="module">
  import { createCallbackAuth } from "https://esm.sh/@octokit/auth-callback";
</script>

Node

Install with npm install @octokit/auth-callback

import { createCallbackAuth } from "@octokit/auth-callback";

[!IMPORTANT] As we use conditional exports, you will need to adapt your tsconfig.json by setting "moduleResolution": "node16", "module": "node16".

See the TypeScript docs on package.json "exports". See this helpful guide on transitioning to ESM from @sindresorhus

let token;

const auth = createCallbackAuth({ callback: () => token });
await auth();
// {
//   type: 'unauthenticated'
// }
token = "secret123";
await auth();
// {
//   type: 'token',
//   token: 'secret123',
//   tokenType: 'oauth'
// }

createCallbackAuth(options)

The createCallbackAuth method accepts a single options parameter

auth()

The async auth() method does not accept any arguments

Authentication object

The async auth() method resolves to one of two possible authentication objects

1. Unauthenticated if the callback() returns or resolves a falsy value
2. Token authentication if the callback() returns or resolves with a string value

Unauthenticated

Token authentication

One of:

1. "oauth" (if returned string is an OAuth or personal access tokens)
2. "installation" (if returned string is an installation access tokens)
3. "app" (if returned string is a JSON Web Token (JWT) for GitHub App authentication)

auth.hook(request, route, parameters) or auth.hook(request, options)

auth.hook() hooks directly into the request life cycle. It amends the request to authenticate correctly based on the request URL.

The request option is an instance of @octokit/request. The route/options parameters are the same as for the request() method.

auth.hook() can be called directly to send an authenticated request

const { data: user } = await auth.hook(request, "GET /user");

Or it can be passed as option to request().

const requestWithAuth = request.defaults({
  request: {
    hook: auth.hook,
  },
});

const { data: user } = await requestWithAuth("GET /user");

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

License

MIT