Add Login provider to meteor - authentication

Question

I need to use an in-house user management system to authenticate my users. This system also holds the user's membership to groups and roles and tenants which is most useful when doing the authorization stuff.
I looked at the code for accounts-persona but it does not work for me. Hence I deduce that I am doing something wrong.
On the server there is a new LoginHandler:
Meteor.startup( function () {
var config = Accounts.loginServiceConfiguration.findOne( {service: 'sertal'} );
if ( !config ) {
Accounts.loginServiceConfiguration.insert( { service: 'sertal' } );
}
} );
Accounts.registerLoginHandler( function ( options ) {
if ( !options.sertal && !options.assertion )
return undefined; // don't handle
var url = "http://dev.sertal.ch/checkCredential";
var request = {
params: {
uname: options.email,
pword: options.password
}
};
var result = Meteor.http.get( url, request );
if ( result.statusCode !== 200 ) {
throw new Meteor.Error( Accounts.LoginCancelledError.numericError, 'Sertal Login Failed' );
} else {
var user = result.data.userrec;
user.groups = result.data.grprec;
user.id = user._id;
return Accounts.updateOrCreateUserFromExternalService( 'sertal', user );
}
} );
On the client I use this code after the login button has been pressed:
Accounts.callLoginMethod( {
methodName: 'login',
methodArguments: {sertal: true,
email: $( '#sertal-email' ).val(),
password: $( '#sertal-password' ).val(),
resume: false
},
userCallback: function ( error ) {
if ( error ) {
console.log( "error: " + error );
} else {
$( "#sertalLoginFormDiv" ).dropdown( 'toggle' );
}
}
} );
But it does not trigger the LoginHandler. There must be something missing but I can't figure it out.
I could not find any documentation on the subject. An answer could also be to point out some documentation which explains the process.

Answer 1

Based on my testing, the methodArguments must be an array of objects.
Also, from what I see in the logs, if methodArguments object includes a password at the root of the object, then Meteor throws an error with "Failed Login { type: 'password',..."
I was able to make this work by putting all of the handler's arguments as part of an object.
Something like this, on the client:
loginRequest = {myLogin:{email: email, password: password}};
Accounts.callLoginMethod({
methodArguments: [loginRequest],
userCallback: callback
});
When executed on the client, meteor calls my server code:
Accounts.registerLoginHandler( function("someName", loginRequest{
if(loginRequest.myLogin){
// I get the loginRequestObject, and can attempt to sign in...
}
});
Note, I am using Meteor 1.0.