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OpenId Single Sign-on (SSO) is available for users on the Enterprise plan.
OpenId Single sign on block

OpenId Single sign on block

Using this block, you can enable your users to sign in with their OpenId credentials. To be able to use the block, you first need to integrate the OpenId platform that you use for user management and authentication. We’ll find out how to do that next.

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Configuring OpenId settings

OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an open authentication protocol that extends the OAuth 2.0 protocol, adding an identity layer to it. There are a number of services that use the OpenId technology. Softr can be integrated with any platform using the OpenID standard. One such platform is Outseta membership software. Let’s use Outseta as an example for how to setup OpenID in your Softr app. If you use Outseta as your user management and authentication solution, you can integrate it with Softr, allowing your users to log into your Softr app with their Outseta credentials. The integration steps are pretty simple and straightforward, so let’s start.

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Getting the Callback URL

First, let’s copy the Callback URL from our OpenId Settings. We are going to use it in our Outseta account, so let’s switch there for a moment.

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Adding an OAuth Client in Outseta

First, we need to add an OAuth Client in our Outseta account. To do that, we need to navigate to Settings => Integrations => OAuth and hit Add OAuth Client.
Adding OAuth Client

Adding OAuth Client

 In the pop-up that follows, we are going to add a Name for the client, paste the Callback ID we had copied earlier from our Softr app։ The Logout Redirect URL can be left blank.
Configuring OAuth client

Configuring OAuth client

 After completing those, click Add, and the pop-up will expand, showing your Integration Details.
Integration details

Integration details

 Here, you need the Client Id and Client Secret values.

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Adding Client Id and Secret on Softr

Now we are going to add the Client Id and Client Secret values, which we obtained in the previous step, in our Softr app’s OpenId Settings.
Adding ID and secret

Adding ID and secret

As you can notice, we’ve added https://softr.outseta.com/connect under Provider URL. In your case, the URL will have a similar structure, but “softr.outseta.com” will be replaced with your own Outseta domain: https://yourname.outseta.com/connect
 After completing this, Save your settings, and you’re done. Now, you can use the OpenId SSO Softr block to allow your users log in with their Outseta credentials.

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Testing the Integration

Let’s pick a user from our Outseta contacts and try logging with this user’s credentials on Softr. You can learn about user authentication, how users can sign up and create passwords, and more here. Below, you can see a contact that has passed authentication and has a password.
A contact in Outseta

A contact in Outseta

 Now, we can use this contact’s email and password to log into our Softr app through the OpenId login block. First, let’s set up the OpenId block.
Adding the OpenId Signin block

Adding the OpenId Signin block

 We can modify the layout of the block as well as change the page after signin, but we are going to leave it as it is. Now, let’s publish our app and try logging in with the Outseta user we mentioned earlier.
Testing signin

Testing signin

 As you can see, we’re able to log in and out successfully.
As soon as the user signs in with his/her Outseta credentials, a new user is created in your Softr app.