ExternalAuthenticationService

Package: @vendure/core File: external-authentication.service.ts

This is a helper service which exposes methods related to looking up and creating Users based on an external AuthenticationStrategy.

Signature

class ExternalAuthenticationService {
  constructor(connection: Connection, roleService: RoleService, historyService: HistoryService, customerService: CustomerService, administratorService: AdministratorService)
  async findCustomerUser(strategy: string, externalIdentifier: string) => Promise<User | undefined>;
  async findAdministratorUser(strategy: string, externalIdentifier: string) => Promise<User | undefined>;
  async createCustomerAndUser(ctx: RequestContext, config: {
            strategy: string;
            externalIdentifier: string;
            verified: boolean;
            emailAddress: string;
            firstName?: string;
            lastName?: string;
        }) => Promise<User>;
  async createAdministratorAndUser(ctx: RequestContext, config: {
            strategy: string;
            externalIdentifier: string;
            identifier: string;
            emailAddress?: string;
            firstName?: string;
            lastName?: string;
            roles: Role[];
        }) => ;
}

Members

constructor

method

type:

(connection: Connection, roleService: RoleService, historyService: HistoryService, customerService: CustomerService, administratorService: AdministratorService) => ExternalAuthenticationService

findCustomerUser

async method

type:

(strategy: string, externalIdentifier: string) => Promise<User | undefined>

Looks up a User based on their identifier from an external authentication provider, ensuring this User is associated with a Customer account.

findAdministratorUser

async method

type:

(strategy: string, externalIdentifier: string) => Promise<User | undefined>

Looks up a User based on their identifier from an external authentication provider, ensuring this User is associated with an Administrator account.

createCustomerAndUser

async method

type:

(ctx: RequestContext, config: {             strategy: string;             externalIdentifier: string;             verified: boolean;             emailAddress: string;             firstName?: string;             lastName?: string;         }) => Promise<User>

If a customer has been successfully authenticated by an external authentication provider, yet cannot be found using findCustomerUser, then we need to create a new User and Customer record in Vendure for that user. This method encapsulates that logic as well as additional housekeeping such as adding a record to the Customer’s history.

createAdministratorAndUser

async method

type:

(ctx: RequestContext, config: {             strategy: string;             externalIdentifier: string;             identifier: string;             emailAddress?: string;             firstName?: string;             lastName?: string;             roles: Role[];         }) =>

If an administrator has been successfully authenticated by an external authentication provider, yet cannot be found using findAdministratorUser, then we need to create a new User and Administrator record in Vendure for that user.