Electron oAuth Authentication with GitHub API

main.js

// based on:
// http://iamemmanouil.com/blog/electron-oauth-with-github/
// https://github.com/ekonstantinidis/gitify

// this version uses https rather than superagent

var querystring = require('querystring');
var https = require("https");

// Your GitHub Applications Credentials
var options = {
    client_id: 'your_id',
    client_secret: 'your_secret',
    scopes: ["..."] // Scopes limit access for OAuth tokens.
};

var authWindow = new BrowserWindow({ width: 800, height: 600, show: false, 'node-integration': false });
var githubUrl = 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?';
var authUrl = githubUrl + 'client_id=' + options.client_id + '&scope=' + options.scopes;
authWindow.loadUrl(authUrl);
authWindow.show();

authWindow.webContents.on('did-get-redirect-request', function(event, oldUrl, newUrl) {
    var raw_code = /code=([^&]*)/.exec(newUrl) || null,
    code = (raw_code && raw_code.length > 1) ? raw_code[1] : null,
    error = /\?error=(.+)$/.exec(newUrl);
    
    if (code || error) {
        // Close the browser if code found or error
        authWindow.close();
    }
    
    // If there is a code in the callback, proceed to get token from github
    if (code) {
        console.log("code recieved: " + code);
        
        var postData = querystring.stringify({
            "client_id" : options.client_id,
            "client_secret" : options.client_secret,
            "code" : code
        });
        
        var post = {
        	host: "github.com",
        	path: "/login/oauth/access_token",
        	method: "POST",
        	headers: 
            { 
                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
                'Content-Length': postData.length,
                "Accept": "application/json"
            }
        };
        
        var req = https.request(post, function(response){
        	var result = '';
        	response.on('data', function(data) {
        		result = result + data;
        	});
        	response.on('end', function () {
                var json = JSON.parse(result.toString());
                console.log("access token recieved: " + json.access_token);
                if (response && response.ok) {
                    // Success - Received Token.
                    // Store it in localStorage maybe?
                    console.log(response.body.access_token);
                }
            });
        	response.on('error', function (err) {
                console.log("GITHUB OAUTH REQUEST ERROR: " + err.message);
            });
        });
        
        req.write(postData);
        req.end();
    } else if (error) {
        alert("Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't log you in using Github. Please try again.");
    }
});

// Reset the authWindow on close
authWindow.on('close', function() {
    authWindow = null;
}, false);