goonauth2

GoonAuth2

GoonAuth2 is a REST API server that can be used to authorize members of the Something Is Awful internet forum.

Validating membership

1. Generate a validation hash

POST to http://auth.everythingisgoon.com/v1/generate_hash/ with a JSON-encoded payload containing a username value equal to the 
user’s username.

The returned payload will contain a hash key with a random 32-character alphanumeric value:

{
    "hash": "hMPAtkx6xIEtVfqqP0X9bvEG8lU4Yypb"
}

The hash will expire after 5 minutes but can easily be re-generated by re-running the above command.

2. Update the user’s profile with the hash

Direct the user to save the above hash to a publicly-viewable section of their profile:

Something Is Awful User Profile

Wherever they save it, it needs to be visible when they navigate to 
http://forums.somethingisawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&username=<USERNAME_HERE>.

3. Validate the user

Once the hash is in-place, POST a request to http://auth.everythingisgoon.com/v1/validate_user/ with a JSON-encoded payload 
containing a username value equal to the user’s username.

The returned payload will contain a validated key with a boolean value of whether or not the hash was detected :

{
    "validated": true
}

And that’s all there is to it. Do with this as you will.