Social login with REST API

[Rvanjari]

Hi All,

Working on Social Login Using a REST API from a website , but somehow not able to achieve it , Tried using the accounts.socialLogin REST API.

Need to know what Exact parameters need to passed , is there any other REST API to be called in Sequence ?

Many Thanks,

Ruchita

[KunalBansal]

Hi Ruchita,

Could you please share some screenshots on your approach, error etc?

Kunal

[Rvanjari]

Hi,

I am looking for a Rest API to perform a social login

API that i am trying is accounts.socialLogin , Which will return a CODE or TOKEN , which will be used in the redirect URL and login the user . but instead gets

I hope this is the correct approach we are following ? or is there any other way a Social Login can be done from a client?

[SebastianSchuck19]

Hey Ruchita,

are you sure you are using the correct client_id ? And which social provider are you attempting to use? Otherwise, it may be more straight forward to use the web SDK.

Best,
Sebastian Schuck

[Rvanjari]

Hi,

Yes the client id is correct , i am looking for googleplus and facebook. what should be in the redirect Url , also what all REST API to be considered , only accounts.socialLogin?

Many Thanks,

Ruchita

[dhruv2397]

Hi Ruchita,

Are you trying to follow the redirect flow while having social login because it opens up a popup by default if you perform a social login. If redirectURL is passed, then the flow automatically becomes a redirect one with social login.

Thanks and Regards,

Dhruv Jain

[former_member836771]

Hi Ruchita,

First of all let me preface that this flow is a complex integration and I would strongly suggest that you work with your SAP CSP representative to engage a technical consultant to back you up on this implementation. A high-level overview for this can be outlined using the following 3-step process:

(i). initiate the login using the socialize.login REST API method, you need to pass certain required parameters including the "x_provider", "client_id", and "redirect_uri", etc. - please review the documentation for the exact list & specification of parameters

(ii). If this is done correctly, the above URL should respond with a 302 redirect to the social provider and you need to have the end-user go through that in a browser to complete the authentication & authorization process directly with the provider. Once done, the provider should redirect the user to the "redirect_uri" specified in step (i).

(iii). Depending on the "response_type" parameter that was passed in step (i). you will need to process either the auth code or auth token to continue the user journey in your client and server application.

As mentioned earlier, this is a complex integration flow and you have to consider many other factors, not just the social login - such as:

• whether your flow should use a auth code or auth token?
• how to continue processing the CDC login flow via REST to adhere to the policies & schema set by the site? (i.e. see - Accounts REST API Error Codes and Messages)
• how to further secure the login to align with any Risk Based Authentication (RBA) factors defined by the site? (i.e. see - Server-Side Implementations of RBA)

This would not be the right forum / channel to discuss these in-detail. So as mentioned at the very start, I would once again strongly encourage you to engage the SAP professional/expert services team to provide you with a technical consulting resource who can help you solution this flow in a way that is best-suited to your business requirements.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Joshua