Implemented Single Sign On (Connect XF with XF, WordPress, etc)

[Alpha1]

It would be really awesome if we would be able to connect multiple XF installs. Or a XF install with Wordpress, Magento, MediaWiki, etc.
Members would be able to use multiple sites and scripts with the same login or while they keep being logged in.

XF 2.1 has a REST API. Please extend this to OAuth (Open Authentication)

Remarks from the REST API suggestion thread:

- Remote user authentication by calling direct to the authentication system without having to reload or redirect people

There is still no outside script that can say "Log this user into XenForo". All the APIs I've seen require you to pass the login/email and password. Well, what if I don't have/store their password? Or what if I don't want to store the user's password in XenForo's database? What if I don't want to send that information across a domain? I should be able to have an outside script just TELL XenForo "user with e-mail address X should now be considered logged in!"

If you want to read just how painful it currently is to integrate XenForo with a third-party script that will be handling all the authentication, read here:
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/login-logout-register-from-outside-xenforo.65878/#post-709906

I can only imagine the explosion of apps and third-party integrations that would be released...

It would be so cool to see what gets built. And OAuth authentication... ah, the possibilities!

 

[wasif]

+1 for the oAuth.

@Chris D @Mike Any thoughts on the above suggestion?

 

[est3ban129]

+1

 

[Ozzy47]

+1

You need to like the first post of the thread to show your support for the suggestion, that is how the developers gauge interest in suggestions.

 

[pipin]

That would be very useful.

 

[alfaNova]

+1

 

[RoyalRumble]

+1

 

[Ozzy47]

+1

You need to like the first post of the thread to show your support for the suggestion, that is how the developers gauge interest in suggestions.

 

[mauzao9]

Up for this, with no add-ons supporting to extend this for the first time in years xF has lost anything that would offer this functionality.

 

[bzcomputers]

Up for this, with no add-ons supporting to extend this for the first time in years xF has lost anything that would offer this functionality.

I wouldn't say no add-ons: XPress - A theme and bridge for bringing WordPress into XenForo

 

[WoodiE]

+1 Xenforo multi-site / single sign-on would be great to link multiple XF forums.

 

[GameNet]

I would like to see this feature in xenforo

 

[Veer]

I need this badly.

 

[Ozzy47]

I would like to see this feature in xenforo

You need to like the first post of the thread to show your support for the suggestion, that is how the developers gauge interest in suggestions.

 

[Alpha1]

This already has been one of the most popular suggestions for XF. (API) I'm sure it will be again. 4 months in and its already 25th most popular.
Im really hoping for this to be in XF2.2

 

[Slavik]

You need to like the first post of the thread to show your support for the suggestion, that is how the developers gauge interest in suggestions.

Can you stop repeating yourself 3 times in a thread.

 

[Penguinexpert1]

Although not the API, this topic may be useful to you:

Please add support for external Database authentication

Hi there, I have an external PHP site that I would like to integrate with XenForo. It would be nice if XenForo could use the database that I already have (passwords stored with bcrypt), by being told which fields to lookup for certain functions. For example, IPB (Invision) offers this...

xenforo.com

 

[Akesson]

Great suggestion!

 

[Alpha1]

If you want it implemented, like the first post.

 

[Oersted]

Adding my support to this. Badly needed.