Github Strategy
The GitHub strategy is used to authenticate users against a GitHub account. It extends the OAuth2Strategy.
Supported runtimes
Runtime | Has Support |
---|---|
Node.js | ✅ |
Cloudflare | ✅ |
Setup Guide
Create an OAuth application
Follow the steps on the GitHub documentation (opens in a new tab) to create a new application and get a client ID and secret.
Install the package
npm install remix-auth-github
Create the strategy instance
app/services/auth.server.ts
import { GitHubStrategy } from "remix-auth-github";
let gitHubStrategy = new GitHubStrategy(
{
clientID: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
callbackURL: "https://example.com/auth/github/callback",
},
async ({ accessToken, extraParams, profile }) => {
// Get the user data from your DB or API using the tokens and profile
return User.findOrCreate({ email: profile.emails[0].value });
}
);
authenticator.use(gitHubStrategy);
Setup your routes
app/routes/login.tsx
export default function Login() {
return (
<Form action="/auth/github" method="post">
<button>Login with GitHub</button>
</Form>
);
}
app/routes/auth/github.tsx
import type { ActionArgs } from "@remix-run/node";
import { redirect } from "@remix-run/node";
import { authenticator } from "~/auth.server";
export async function loader() {
return redirect("/login");
}
export async function action({ request }: ActionArgs) {
return authenticator.authenticate("github", request);
}
app/routes/auth/github/callback.tsx
import type { LoaderArgs } from "@remix-run/node";
import { authenticator } from "~/auth.server";
export async function loader({ request }: LoaderArgs) {
return authenticator.authenticate("github", request, {
successRedirect: "/dashboard",
failureRedirect: "/login",
});
}