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(Unofficially) Login with HN

An OpenID Connect (OAuth2) provider for HackerNews


Login With HN Register a OAuth2 application

This project is not affiliated with HackerNews or YCombinator in any
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Some Questions you might have

How does it work?

Assuming you understand how the OpenID Connect flow generally works,
this app works quite simply:

  * A user click "Login with HN"
  * On LoginWithHN, the user is given a chance to enter their
    hackernews username
  * LoginWithHN generates a unique one-time-use code that the user
    must then put into their profile within 5 minutes
  * LoginWithHN watches the user's profile until the code shows up
  * Once LoginWithHN verifies the users profile contains the code,
    the user is is considered authenticated (OAuth2 is really about
    Authorization but we'll ignore that distinction for now).
  * The user is shown a consent screen (that AuthZ we were talking
    about) and the only claims possible will be the username

As always with OAuth2, you must handle session creation and
management amongst other concerns in your application once a user has
shown sufficient authority to assume they own the account in question
via LoginWithHN.

How does logging in the second time work?

Since it's pretty tedious to modify your profile every time (and not
so great on HN's servers either), the first time you log in you'll be
able to receive a TOTP code or attach an your email address (which
will receive a magic login link).

Once either of them are specified, whenever you attempt to login
again, other methods can be used (if you are not already instantly
redirected).

Does using LoginWithHN cost anything?

LoginWithHN is free to use (for now). If you're interested in helping
LoginWithHN meet it's funding needs/bills, Send me an email and I'd
love to receive any help you're willing to provide.

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Who built this?

[vadossi]

 Hey, I'm Victor, I built this.

I built this so I could make projects tailored to the HackerNews
community where people could login semi-anonymously with only their
HackerNews username. What's fun about this setup that of course the
mechanism is so simple that you could use this to "log in" (in this
case an attestation to ability to modify an account) to all sorts of
systems, without permission (IndieHackers, Facebook, etc).

I'm a yak shaver by trade so if you have any questions feel free to
reach out and we can compare shears.

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