Engage Flow

Below is a step-by-step diagram that shows how a user will sign in to your website using Janrain Engage, including the appropriate integration points. For another view, see the Mapping Guide (PRO).

Figure 1: Engage Sign-in Flow

Janrain Engage Flow ¶

Steps 1–8, below, refer to the numbered steps in Figure 1, above.

1. Click — User clicks the login button (skipped if you embed the Social Sign-In Widget).
2. Select — User clicks an identity provider on the Social Sign-In Widget.
3. Approve — User clicks approve button at the provider’s site.
4. Send Data — Identity Provider sends authentication information to Janrain Engage.
5. Send Token URL — Token flows from Engage through the browser to the site’s token_url, or an alternative server page for Client-Side Authentication. (See Authentication for more information on your authentication choices.)
6. Fetch Data — Web site securely fetches user data from Janrain Engage using auth_info.
7. View Page — Web site shows user its post-authentication web page.
8. Save Data — Web site stores user data from auth_info (optional).
9. Share — User clicks to share (Facebook, Twitter, and so on) discoveries and activities with their communities with the Social Sharing Widget (optional, see Figure 2).

Figure 2: The Social Sharing Widget