Single Sign-On into Zapier with Joomla as OAuth Server
Overview
If you want to login to your Zapier site using your Joomla username and password, you can simply do it
using our
Joomla OAuth Server plugin. Once you configure the Zapier with Joomla OAuth Server plugin, you can
login to your
Zapier application using Joomla credentials. It also allows you to send custom user attributes to your
Zapier site as per your requirements.
To know more about other features we provide in Joomla OAuth Server plugin, you can click here.
Configuration Steps
Step 1: Install Joomla OAuth Server Plugin
- Login into your Joomla site’s Administrator console.
- From left toggle menu, click on System, then under Install section click on Extensions.
- Now click on Or Browse for file button to locate and install the plugin file downloaded earlier.
- Installation of plugin is successful. Now click on Start Using miniOrange OAuth Server plugin.
- Under the Configure OAuth tab, click on the ADD button.
Step 2: Configure Zapier
- Go to Zapier and login with your account.
- Choose your Zap Integration or Start a new Zapier integration.
- Click on the Setup Authentication button.
- Select the Authentication type OAuth v2 and click on the Save button.
- Configure the client ID and client Secret which is provided by the Joomla OAuth server.
- Fill the required details Authorize URL, Scope, Access Token request and Test endpoint. You can get this information from the Joomla OAuth server plugin. Authorize URL, Scope, Access Token request and Test endpoint. You can get this information from the Joomla OAuth server plugin.
- Once you saved the configuration, you can Test your authentication for which you need to add the Joomla user for that click on the Sign In to Joomla button.
- You need to log in with the Joomla credentials.
- Then, you need to authorize the application to access your details.
- Once your account is successfully added to Zapier, you can click on the Test Authentication button.
- On successful authentication you will find the Joomla user details in the response.
Step 3: Configure Joomla as OAuth Server
- Now go to the Configure OAuth tab, and enter the Client Name and Redirect URL in the respective fields.
- Then click on the Save Client button.
- Under the List of OAuth Client's table, copy the Client ID and Secret of your Client. Go to your OAuth client and paste the Client ID and Secret in the respective fileds.
- Congratulations, you have successfully configured Joomla as your OAuth Server.
