npm package: @nicokaiser/passport-apple
Description: Sign in with Apple strategy for Passport
Author: Nico Kaiser
Latest version: 3.3.0

# Sign in with Apple strategy for Passport

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[Passport](http://www.passportjs.org/) strategy for authenticating with [Sign in with Apple](https://developer.apple.com/sign-in-with-apple/).

## Install

    $ npm install @nicokaiser/passport-apple

## Usage

### Create a Service

Before using this module, you must register a service with Apple. You need an Apple Developer Account for this.

- Register a new **App ID**, e.g. `com.example.test`, and enable the "Sign in with Apple" capability.
- Register a new **Services ID**, e.g. `com.example.account`. This is the `clientID` for the module configuration. Configure "Sign in with Apple" for this service and set the **Return URLs**.
- You might need to verify the ownership of the Domain by following the instructions.
- Register a new **Key**, enable "Sign in with Apple" for this key and download it. Its ID is the `keyID`.

### Configure Strategy

The Sign in with Apple authentication strategy authenticates users using an Apple ID and OAuth 2.0 tokens. The strategy options are supplied in the step above. The strategy also requires a `verify` callback, which receives an access token and profile, and calls `cb` providing a user.

```js
passport.use(new AppleStrategy({
    clientID: 'com.example.account', // Services ID
    teamID: '1234567890', // Team ID of your Apple Developer Account
    keyID: 'ABCDEFGHIJ', // Key ID, received from https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/authkeys/list
    key: fs.readFileSync(path.join('path', 'to', 'AuthKey_XYZ1234567.p8')), // Private key, downloaded from https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/authkeys/list
    scope: ['name', 'email'],
    callbackURL: 'https://example.com/auth/apple/callback'
  },
  (accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) => {
    User.findOrCreate({ exampleId: profile.id }, (err, user) => {
      return cb(err, user);
    });
  }
));
```

If `passReqToCallback` is set to `true`, `req` will be passed as the first argument to the verify callback:

```js
passport.use(new AppleStrategy({
    clientID: 'com.example.account', // Services ID
    ...
    passReqToCallback: true
  },
  (req, accessToken, refreshToken, profile, cb) => {
    ...
  }
));
```

### Authenticate Requests

Use `passport.authenticate()`, specifying the `'apple'` strategy, to authenticate requests. The authorization code is passed via the `code` POST parameter, so your endpoint callback needs to support HTTPS POST and provide the `req.body` property.

For example, as route middleware in an [Express](http://expressjs.com/) application, using `express.urlencoded` to provide `req.body`:

```js
app.get('/auth/apple',
  passport.authenticate('apple'));

app.post('/auth/apple/callback',
  express.urlencoded(),
  passport.authenticate('apple', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
  (req, res) => {
    // Successful authentication, redirect home.
    res.redirect('/');
  });
```

You can find a complete example at [examples/server.js](examples/server.js).


### Nonce Verification
To supply and verify a nonce to prevent a login session from being replayed, use the verifyNonce option when creating the strategy:
```
const generatedNonces = new NodeCache();

passport.use(new AppleStrategy({
    ...
    verifyNonce: function(req, nonce, callback){
        if(generatedNonces.take(nonce)){
            callback(null, true);
        }else{
            callback(new Error('invalid nonce'), false);
        }
    },
  },
  ...
);
```
And supply a nonce value in the options to each authenticate call:
```
app.post('/auth/apple/callback',
  express.urlencoded(),
  function(req, res, next){
      const nonce = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString('hex');
      generatedNonces.set(nonce, 1);
      passport.authenticate('apple', { failureRedirect: '/login', nonce: nonce })(req, res, next);
  },
  (req, res) => {
    // Successful authentication, redirect home.
    res.redirect('/');
  });
```

For multi-server applications the nonces must be shared between all servers, for example by storing them in a shared cache or database.


## FAQ

#### Which fields are provided in the user profile?

Apple currently returns a User ID that is tied to you Team ID. That means, the same Apple ID will result in the same User ID returned for authentication requests done with your Team ID. Other Teams will get a different ID for this User.

Also, if the User wants to, their name and email address is returned:

```js
{ id, name: { firstName, lastName }, email, emailVerified, isPrivateEmail } = profile;
```

*Note that on subsequent logins, only `id` is being returned, the other properties are only returned on the first login*

#### Why not just use [passport-oauth2](https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-oauth2/)?

The login flow for Sign in with Apple is similar to OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect, but there are quite some differences. The OpenID Foundation published a document about this: [How Sign In with Apple differs from OpenID Connect](https://bitbucket.org/openid/connect/src/default/How-Sign-in-with-Apple-differs-from-OpenID-Connect.md).

Namely, instead of a static `client_secret`, a JWT is used, however in a non-standard way. Also, user data is submitted alongside the authentication code via HTTP POST (and only if the "form_post" response mode is used!).

Apple is still working on the interfaces, as Sign in with Apple is still in beta, so it may be OIDC compliant at some point in the future.

#### How does this module differ from [passport-apple](https://github.com/ananay/passport-apple/)?

[passport-apple](https://github.com/ananay/passport-apple/) uses passport-oauth2 and replaces its client secret methods. This works, however it does not support retrieving user data (like name and email). In order to properly support this, you would need to basically re-write a slimmed down version of passport-oauth2, which basically is what this module provides.

## License

Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE).