FDC OAuth and Api Example

This application provides an example application of:

• A working example of the Authorization Grant flow for OAuth 2.0 Authentication
  • Includes a web server to actually interact with the auth code flow
  • Negotiates callback and POSTing to get the access token from the auth code
• A working example of an API call to the FDC API to retrieve the authenticated user's info

Requirements

• Node v8+
• NPM

Installation

• From the base folder run the following from the command line
  • npm install

Environment Setup

• Make a copy of .env.example.json and rename it .env.json
• In .env.json replace values like [yourSecret] with the corresponding value you received from FDC
  • EX [yourSecret] with xGd1BeDw9BaH

Usage

• Start the application
  • From the base folder run the following from the command line
  • npm run server
• In your browser navigate to http://localhost:8001/auth/fdc and proceed with authorization
• At the end of the authorization flow your browser will display a JSON response containing your authentication data and user information

Learning/Debugging Tips

Every request is logged to the console so you can see each request in the flow