Configuring Facebook

Facebook can be used as a federated authenticator in the Identity Server. Do the following to configure the Identity Server to authenticate users using their Facebook credentials. 

Follow the steps given below to add a new identity provider in WSO2 Identity Server.

1. Download the WSO2 Identity Server from here and run it.
2. Log in to the Management Console as administrator.
3. In the Identity section under the Main tab of the Management Console, click Add under Identity Providers.
4. Give a suitable name as the Identity Provider Name.
   

5. Go to Facebook Configuration under Federated Authenticators. 

6. Enter the following values in the form that appears:

   Field	Description	Sample Value
   Client Id	This refers to the App ID you received from the Facebook app you created.	<Application ID of the Facebook App>  Don't know the client ID? Click here for more information? Go to https://developers.facebook.com/ and log in using your Facebook credentials. Click on your app from the My Apps drop-down list. You are navigated to the Dashboard of the application. Note down the Client ID and the Client secret.
   Client Secret	This refers to the App Secret you received from the Facebook app you created.	<App Secret of the Facebook App>
   Scope	Defines the permission to access particular information from a Facebook profile. See the Permissions Reference for a list of the different permission groups in Facebook APIs.	email
   User Information Fields	These are the claims related to the user account on Facebook. WSO2 Identity Server requests these fields from Facebook when a user is authenticated with Facebook through the IS. See public_profile permission for more information about these fields.	id,name,gender,email,first_name,last_name,age_range,link
   Callback Url	This is the URL to which the browser should be redirected after the authentication is successful. This should be thecommonauthendpoint of Identity server.	https://localhost:9443/commonauth

   

7. Select both checkboxes to Enable Facebook Authenticator and make it the Default.

8. Click Register.

You have now added the identity provider.

1. Navigate to the Identity Provider section under Main > Identity menu-item.
2. Click Add.
3. Provide values for the following fields under the Basic Information section:
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4. Expand the Facebook Configuration form.
   

5. Fill in the following fields where relevant.

   Field	Description	Sample value
   Enable Facebook Authentication	Selecting this option enables Facebook to be used as an authenticator for users provisioned to the Identity Server.	Selected
   Default	Selecting the Default checkbox signifies that the Facebook credentials are the main/default form of authentication. This removes the selection made for any other Default checkboxes for other authenticators.	Selected
   Client Id	This is the username from the Facebook app. These are obtained from the Facebook App you create using your Facebook Developer account. See Logging in to your Application via Identity Server using Facebook Credentials for more information on how to do this.	1421263438188909
   Client Secret	This is the password from the Facebook app. Click the Show button to view the value you enter.	12ffb4dfb2fed67a00846b42126991f8
   Scope	You can restrict the claims sent to the Identity Server. This means you can restrict the claims by specifying them in the scope.	email
   User Information Fields	You can send a comma separated list of claims that you need to receive.	id,email,name
   Callback URL	This is the URL to which the browser should be redirected after the authentication is successful. It should have this format: https://(host-name):(port)/commonauth. Here Callback URL is the endpoint in WSO2 Identity Server which accepts the response sent by facebook.	https://localhost:9443/commonauth