Let us add our Mastodon addresses

[backache]

Can we add our Mastodon addresses to our profile so we may be tagged with a hyperlink in a similar way to what happens currently on T*****r

Currently the messages just have static text with something like "℅ MapSpot on github
CC BY-SA 4.0"

BTW I am https://mastodon.online/@back_ache

[edent]

We currently us Auth0 for login. I've asked them for Mastodon support. See https://community.auth0.com/t/mastodon-social-login/103400 for details.

It would help if you contacted Auth0 to let them know that this is a feature people want.
Or, alternatively, we need someone who can write a custom integration for Mastodon.

[sxa]

I've had to authenticate via facebook but I'd much rather have done it via my mastodon account ... Bit of a shame they still don't seem to have a solution for this yet :-(

[edent]

I am working on this. The problem is that each Mastodon instance requires their own API key. So I either need several thousand integrations or I can just pick one or two popular instances.

If you know of any site which has a generic "Sign In With Mastodon" service - please let me know. Then I can try and work out how they've done it.

[paulwakeford]

https://pixelfed.blog/p/2023/feature/introducing-sign-in-with-mastodon-streamlining-sign-up-and-login-on-pixelfed appears to offer generic 'sign in with Mastodon' for their app, if that helps.

[carbontwelve]

The Mastodon Socialite plugin has code for doing the oAuth connection but expects you to have already registered as an app with the single Mastodon server to obtain the Client key and Client secret.

The way I have written this in the past is by having a table for storing client key, secret and instance url, if someone tried logging in via mastodon it asks for their instance url, if not already existing in that table the login request uses the Mastodon api to register with the instance as an app with limited scope, then continues with oAuth authentication as normal. This allows you to support all Mastodon instances (and others that implement the Mastodon API) without having to first preconfigure anything.

[edent]

OK! You can preview logging in with Mastodon (and GoToSocial) at https://openbenches.org/mastodon_login

Please let me know if it works or breaks.

Once I'm happy with it, I'll add it to the list of Auth0 login providers.

Known bugs:

• No way to retrieve profile image based on user's ID - so they just get a default icon on the leaderboard
• Logging in from the Edit screen might return you to the Add page
• More error checking if the supplied URl doesn't work
• Let me know if you spot any more!