Connect Websites to WeChat

WeChat Open Platform account (微信开放平台账号) is different from WeChat Official account (微信公众平台账号). Authgear supports integrating WeChat Login with a WeChat Open Platform account.

Prerequisite

• Register a WeChat Open Platform account (微信开放平台账号).

• Register a Website Application (网站应用).

The 授权回调域 is the domain of your Authgear project, e.g. myapp.authgear.cloud. It is without URL scheme. If you ever change your Authgear project domain, you MUST update 授权回调域.

Get the information from WeChat Open Platform

• Get the appid (Client ID)

where to find appid

• Get the appsecret (Client Secret). It will only be shown once. You need to re-generate if you lose it.

where to find appid

• Get the 原始ID (Account ID) of your WeChat Open Platform account.

where to find account ID

Configure Sign in with WeChat in the Authgear portal

1. Sign in to the Authgear portal.

2. Select your project.

3. In the navigation menu, go to Authentication > Social / Enterprise Login.

4. Click Add Connection.

5. Select WeChat Web / 网站应用.

6. Fill in Client ID with the appid.

7. Fill in Client Secret with the appsecret.

8. Fill in Account ID with the 原始ID.

9. Save.

Done!

No further changes are needed. The Sign in with WeChat button should be shown in the signup / login page now.