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Implementing The jsConnect Version 3 Protocol
Vanilla offers several client libraries that you can use on your site if you are implementing jsConnect. If you have a site that is programmed in a different language or you can't use one of Vanilla's libraries, this article will tell you how to implement the protocol. What You'll Need In order to implement jsConnect,…
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Upgrading jsConnect To Version 3
This article will contain instructions on upgrading an existing jsConnect version 2 installation to version 3. Why You Need To Upgrade The jsConnect v2 library uses a protocol called JSONP to authenticate the user to your site. JSONP requires certain cookie permissions that browsers are starting to disable by default with…
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JSConnect and Response Headers
In the past web browsers and web servers were pretty lax about small details in document headers. If your browser requested a JSON document from a web server, the webserver might send back the document but with Content-Type headers set to 'text' instead of JSON, since JSON is a text document. For example: Content-Type:…
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Embedded SSO With jsConnect
The jsConnect addon has a special way of supporting SSO for embedded sites. To do this, you will have to use a specially formatted SSO string and pass it to your embed. What You'll Need Before you start, you'll need the following: A jsConnect connection on your community. Make a note of your secret because you'll need this…
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jsConnect Quickstart
jsConnect uses javascript to allow cross-domain single-sign-on with another site. We provide several client libraries to help you implement jsConnect on your site. If your site has been programmed in a language that doesn’t have a client library than this is documentation is for you. Functions You’ll Need jsConnect makes…
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jsConnect
Why jsConnect? SSO systems are complex. Setting up your own SAML or OAuth system takes a lot of time, and generally is not feasible for small-to-medium business owners. If you have a website that stores your user’s identity and the only thing you need to integrate is a forum, jsConnect is a far simpler solution. This is…