Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook

About

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook provides ASP.NET Core middleware that enables an application to support Facebook's OAuth 2.0 authentication workflow.

How to Use

To use Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook, follow these steps:

Installation

dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook

Configuration

1. Refer to the guide in the official documentation here to create the app in Facebook.
2. Follow the steps in the official documentation here to store the Facebook app ID and secret.
3. Configure the middleware your ASP.NET Core app's Program.cs:

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddAuthentication()
    .AddFacebook(options =>
    {
        options.AppId = Configuration["Authentication:Facebook:AppId"];
        options.AppSecret = Configuration["Authentication:Facebook:AppSecret"];
    });

Main Types

The main types provided by this package are:

• FacebookOptions: Represents the options for configuring Facebook authentication
• FacebookHandler: The authentication handler responsible for processing Facebook authentication requests and generating the appropriate authentication ticket

Additional Documentation

For additional documentation and examples, refer to the official documentation on Facebook login setup in ASP.NET Core.

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Facebook is released as open-source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.