linkedin

Documentation

Overview

Package linkedin implements the OAuth2 protocol for authenticating users through Linkedin.

Index

• type Provider
  • func New(clientKey, secret, callbackURL string, scopes ...string) *Provider
  • func (p *Provider) BeginAuth(state string) (goth.Session, error)
  • func (p *Provider) Debug(debug bool)
  • func (p *Provider) FetchUser(session goth.Session) (goth.User, error)
  • func (p *Provider) Name() string
  • func (p *Provider) UnmarshalSession(data string) (goth.Session, error)
• type Session
  • func (s *Session) Authorize(provider goth.Provider, params goth.Params) (string, error)
  • func (s Session) GetAuthURL() (string, error)
  • func (s Session) Marshal() string
  • func (s Session) String() string

Types

type Provider

type Provider struct {
	ClientKey   string
	Secret      string
	CallbackURL string
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Provider is the implementation of `goth.Provider` for accessing Linkedin.

func New

func New(clientKey, secret, callbackURL string, scopes ...string) *Provider

New creates a new linkedin provider, and sets up important connection details. You should always call `linkedin.New` to get a new Provider. Never try to create one manually.

func (*Provider) BeginAuth

func (p *Provider) BeginAuth(state string) (goth.Session, error)

BeginAuth asks Linkedin for an authentication end-point.

func (*Provider) Debug

func (p *Provider) Debug(debug bool)

Debug is a no-op for the linkedin package.

func (*Provider) FetchUser

func (p *Provider) FetchUser(session goth.Session) (goth.User, error)

FetchUser will go to Linkedin and access basic information about the user.

func (*Provider) Name

func (p *Provider) Name() string

Name is the name used to retrieve this provider later.

func (*Provider) UnmarshalSession

func (p *Provider) UnmarshalSession(data string) (goth.Session, error)

UnmarshalSession will unmarshal a JSON string into a session.

type Session

type Session struct {
	AuthURL     string
	AccessToken string
}

Session stores data during the auth process with Linkedin.

func (*Session) Authorize

func (s *Session) Authorize(provider goth.Provider, params goth.Params) (string, error)

Authorize the session with Linkedin and return the access token to be stored for future use.

func (Session) GetAuthURL

func (s Session) GetAuthURL() (string, error)

GetAuthURL will return the URL set by calling the `BeginAuth` function on the Linkedin provider.

func (Session) Marshal

func (s Session) Marshal() string

Marshal the session into a string

func (Session) String

func (s Session) String() string