Connect Apps to Facebook

Add Facebook Sign in to your apps in less than 5 minutes.

Create an App in Facebook for Developers

If you are using Authgear in your existing Facebook Apps, you may skip to the next step to set up the OAuth client.

Prerequisite

You will need a Facebook developer Account. Register as one by clicking Get Started in the Facebook for Developers website.

Create an App

Click Create App in the Apps panel and choose your app type.

Set up the OAuth Client

  1. In the app panel, click Add Product next to Products in the sidebar.

  2. Click the Set Up button in Facebook Login.

  3. Go to Settings of Facebook Login.

  4. Make sure Client OAuth Login and Web OAuth Login are enabled.

  5. Add https://<YOUR_AUTHGEAR_ENDPOINT>/sso/oauth2/callback/facebook to Valid OAuth Redirect URIs and save the changes.

Redirect URI has the form of /sso/oauth2/callback/:alias. The alias is used as the identifier of OAuth provider. You can configure the alias in Authgear Portal.

Configure Login with Facebook in Authgear Portal

Get your OAuth Client details

After setting up the Facebook Login product, go to Settings -> Basic in the sidebar.

Your will need the App ID and App Secret to configure Facebook Login.

Configure in Authgear Portal

  1. In the portal, go to Authentication > Social / Enterprise Login.

  2. Enable Login with Facebook.

  3. Fill in the Client ID with the App ID obtained from the previous step.

  4. Fill in the Client Secret with the App Secret obtained from the previous step.

  5. Save the settings.

🎉 Done! You have just added Facebook Login to your apps!

Your end-users can now sign in with Facebook on Authgear pre-built Log In and Sign Up page. Existing end-users can connect their account to Facebook in the User Settings page.

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