;;; sx-auth.el --- user authentication -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; Copyright (C) 2014 Sean Allred ;; Author: Sean Allred ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with this program. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; ;;; Code: (require 'sx) (require 'sx-request) (require 'sx-cache) (defconst sx-auth-root "https://stackexchange.com/oauth/dialog") (defconst sx-auth-redirect-uri "http://vermiculus.github.io/stack-mode/auth/auth.htm") (defconst sx-auth-client-id "3291") (defvar sx-auth-access-token nil "Your access token. This is needed to use your account to write questions, make comments, and read your inbox. Do not alter this unless you know what you are doing!") (defun sx-auth-authenticate () "Authenticate this application. Authentication is required to read your personal data (such as notifications) and to write with the API (asking and answering questions). When this function is called, `browse-url' is used to send the user to an authorization page managed by StackExchange. The following privileges are requested: * read_inbox use SX to manage and visit items in your inbox * write_acesss write comments, ask questions, and post answers on your behalf * no_expiry do not pester you to reauthorize again After authorization with StackExchange, the user is then redirected to a website managed by SX. The access token required to use authenticated methods is included in the hash (which is parsed and displayed prominently on the page)." (interactive) (setq sx-auth-access-token (let ((url (concat sx-auth-root "?" (sx-request--build-keyword-arguments `((client_id . ,sx-auth-client-id) (scope . (read_inbox no_expiry write_access)) (redirect_uri . ,(url-hexify-string sx-auth-redirect-uri))) ",")))) (browse-url url) (read-string "Enter the access token displayed on the webpage: "))) (if (string-equal "" sx-auth-access-token) (progn (setq sx-auth-access-token nil) (error "You must enter this code to use this client fully")) (sx-cache-set 'auth `((access_token . ,sx-auth-access-token))))) (provide 'sx-auth) ;;; sx-auth.el ends here ;; Local Variables: ;; indent-tabs-mode: nil ;; End: