How can I add new Provider for my custom Auth Server

Right now there are several out of the box Providers like Amazon, Facebook, Github, Google, etc. But I wish to add an additional provider without having to hack into the components code. I was able to add it but I had to create some files inside the component itself (like inside libraries/provider, libraries/profile folders) which is a HACK that I don't wish to be extra cautious about those files duing the upgrade. Also I had to write language constants inside the en-GB.com_jfbconnect.ini file which is again hacking (I could also make it work by adding these language constant inside the en-GB.override.ini file but this is again not extensible). One more thing I want to add that we have multiple environments like Staging, QA, PROD. And for all the environments we have different OAUTH URLs, but looking at the current implementation of providers I could not config those URLs anywhere. There should be a way to config such URLs for each provider like Client Id & Secret Key.

Thanks

Hello Alex,

Thanks for the reply! I'll be using the latest version i.e. 8.4.3. Do let me know the next steps on how can I get started using the plugin approach without hacks.

Thanks! I'll see this documentation helps and share my feedback soon.

Thanks! I'll see if this documentation helps and share my feedback soon.

Thanks for the reply!

From the documentation and zip, I can see the folder structure after installation of the plugin remains the same as we have utilised in our implementation. The plugin approach seems ok to make it available and ready to use. But I have a question here. At the end of the documentation, it says "After the above implementation, you should zip and install the plugin. JFBConnect should detect the custom provider after it is enabled." How can I install it inside JFBConnect? Can you please guide me on this?