# passport-github **Repository Path**: mirrors_yorkie/passport-github ## Basic Information - **Project Name**: passport-github - **Description**: GitHub authentication strategy for Passport and Node.js. - **Primary Language**: Unknown - **License**: MIT - **Default Branch**: master - **Homepage**: None - **GVP Project**: No ## Statistics - **Stars**: 0 - **Forks**: 0 - **Created**: 2020-11-23 - **Last Updated**: 2026-05-17 ## Categories & Tags **Categories**: Uncategorized **Tags**: None ## README # Passport-GitHub [Passport](http://passportjs.org/) strategy for authenticating with [GitHub](https://github.com/) using the OAuth 2.0 API. This module lets you authenticate using GitHub in your Node.js applications. By plugging into Passport, GitHub authentication can be easily and unobtrusively integrated into any application or framework that supports [Connect](http://www.senchalabs.org/connect/)-style middleware, including [Express](http://expressjs.com/). ## Install $ npm install passport-github ## Usage #### Configure Strategy The GitHub authentication strategy authenticates users using a GitHub account and OAuth 2.0 tokens. The strategy requires a `verify` callback, which accepts these credentials and calls `done` providing a user, as well as `options` specifying a client ID, client secret, and callback URL. passport.use(new GitHubStrategy({ clientID: GITHUB_CLIENT_ID, clientSecret: GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET, callbackURL: "http://127.0.0.1:3000/auth/github/callback" }, function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) { User.findOrCreate({ githubId: profile.id }, function (err, user) { return done(err, user); }); } )); #### Authenticate Requests Use `passport.authenticate()`, specifying the `'github'` strategy, to authenticate requests. For example, as route middleware in an [Express](http://expressjs.com/) application: app.get('/auth/github', passport.authenticate('github')); app.get('/auth/github/callback', passport.authenticate('github', { failureRedirect: '/login' }), function(req, res) { // Successful authentication, redirect home. res.redirect('/'); }); ## Examples For a complete, working example, refer to the [login example](https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-github/tree/master/examples/login). ## Tests $ npm install --dev $ make test [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/jaredhanson/passport-github.png)](http://travis-ci.org/jaredhanson/passport-github) ## Credits - [Jared Hanson](http://github.com/jaredhanson) ## License [The MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Jared Hanson <[http://jaredhanson.net/](http://jaredhanson.net/)>