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Auth Referrer integration

How does it work?​

Auth Referrer allows you to automatically authenticate your users using a link.

How to configure it?​

In the store:

  1. Go to Control Panel > User
  2. Create a new user or select an existing one
  3. Set the URL or URLs using the option Assing URL referrers in the dropdown menu.

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note

The referrer is the URL where a user come from. Example. When you press a button in https://google.com to https://app.publica.la, the app understand that user come from https://google.com

tip

Also the referrer can be more specific, ex. https://google.com/some-path/classroom

caution

You need to take account new changes in Chrome related Referrer Policy

In the third party end:

  1. Create a button or Hyperlink
  2. Set a route https://your-store.com/auth/referrer like link in the button
<a href="https://your-store.com/auth/referrer">Login User</a>
<button type="button" onclick="loginUser()">Login User</button>

<script>
function loginUser() {
    return window.location.href = 'https://your-store.com/auth/referrer';
}
</script>
  1. In case you need to redirect users to a specific URL inside store such as the publication page or a specific filter you may add the intended_url parameter to your URL.
<a href="https://your-store.com/auth/referrer?intended_url=https://your-store.com/reader/publication-name">Login User</a>
<button type="button" onclick="loginUser()">Login User</button>

<script>
function loginUser() {
    return window.location.href = 'https://your-store.com/auth/referrer?intended_url=https://your-store.com/reader/publication-name';
}
</script>

Troubleshooting​

If something is misconfigured users will be directed to the login form instead of bing automatically logged in. You can add to url query ?debug=true to know IP where come from these user.

https://your-store.com/auth/ip?debug=true

When you use this URL you should see the follow screen show with date to know if the user are configured with correct IPs.

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