RetroPie-profiles-server

RetroPie-profiles plugin Login Server base implementation

The RetroPie-profiles plugin requires a "Login Server" to determine which users database the profiles will log in as. This is a Node.js base implementation of a "Login Server" which you can extend to implement your own login backend.

Setup

Create a new project, and add retropie-profiles-server and micro as dependencies:

$ npm init
# fill out the prompts

$ npm install --save micro retropie-profiles-server
# necessary dependencies are now installed

The "start" script in your package.json file should look something like

  "scripts": {
    "start": "micro server.js"
  },

Finally, create a file called server.js with initial contents like:

const retropieProfiles = require('retropie-profiles-server')

module.exports = retropieProfiles(async function (req, res, login) {
  const name = 'Nate'
  const id = 1

  // you may emit the "login" event on `res` to log in a user
  const hosts = login({
    // Make sure you use a unique ID associated with the user.
    // This would usually be a user ID or database ID
    id: id,

    // This is the user name that is displayed in the Login status page.
    // Only used for display purposes
    name: name
  })

  // you have complete control over the HTTP request and response
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
  res.end(`You have been logged in on ${hosts.join(', ')}`)
})

You can run the server on localhost port 3000 by running:

$ npm start

That's it!

• For a more concrete (but still silly) example, take a look at example.js.
• For a more real-world useful example, take a look at RetroPie-profiles-facebook-login.

Deploying to Now

First, download now. Then, run now inside your project's directory:

$ now

Use the resulting URL as your "Login Server" URL for RetroPie-profiles.

It's also highly recommended to use the now alias command to give the deployment a more memorable URL to type in on your mobile device.

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2016 Nathan Rajlich <[email protected]>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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