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General information

The solution for user login and registration is based on the Login product. Authentication settings for your project are available in Publisher Account in the Login section.

If you use the SDK, add the Xsolla Privacy Policy Agreement link to your application. You can see the example of this link in the demo project on the sign up page.

Note
Note that the Xsolla Privacy Policy Agreement doesn’t mean user data will be used. If you plan to collect and process this kind of data, make sure that your actions comply with the law. You should ask users for their permission to collect and process their data or inform them about the Privacy Policy Agreement.

How-tos

Learn about advanced setups from our how-tos.

How to set up OAuth 2.0 authentication

OAuth 2.0 uses short-lived tokens with long-term authorization (refresh tokens) instead of long-lived tokens. A refresh token allows users to stay in your application for an extended period of time without needing to re-enter their username and password. This eliminates the risk of compromising user authentication data.

Set up OAuth 2.0 for authorization:

  • via username or email and password
  • via social networks
  • via Steam

If the option is enabled, user registration and authentication is carried out by calling the Register new user and JWT auth by username and password API calls. The SDK provides the same methods for OAuth 2.0 authorization as for JWT token authorization. In the FXsollaAuthToken structure, the refresh token is specified in the RefreshToken field.

Note
Enabling this setting doesn’t change the authentication process in your application for the user.
To configure OAuth 2.0 authorization:
  1. Set up OAuth 2.0 authentication for Login project in your Publisher Account.
  2. Set up plug-in in your Unreal Engine project.

Set up OAuth 2.0 authentication for Login project in your Publisher Account

  1. Go to your Publisher Account.
  2. In the side menu, click Login.
  3. Click Configure in the Login project pane.
  4. Go to the Security block and select the OAuth 2.0 section.
  5. Click Add OAuth 2.0.
  6. In the OAuth 2.0 redirect URIs field, specify the URL or path in the application to which users are redirected after they have successfully authenticated, confirmed their email, or reset their password.
  7. Click Connect.
  8. Copy and save the Client ID.

Set up plug-in in your Unreal Engine project

  1. Open your Unreal Engine project in Unreal Editor.
  2. Go to Settings > Project Settings > Plugins > Xsolla Settings > General.
  3. In the Client ID field, specify Client ID received when setting up OAuth 2.0 in Publisher Account.
  4. In the Redirect URI field, specify the URL or path. The value must match the one specified in Publisher Account in the Login > your Login project > Security > OAuth 2.0 section.

The following methods are implemented in the SDK to work with refresh tokens:

  • RefreshToken — refreshes the token if it has expired.
  • ExchangeAuthenticationCodeToToken — exchanges the user’s authentication code for a valid JWT.

The State parameter found in the RegisterUser, GetSocialAuthenticationUrl, and AuthenticateWithSessionTicket methods is used for additional user verification during OAuth 2.0 authentication. This parameter is used to mitigate possible CSRF attacks.

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How to set up token invalidation

Token invalidation allows for improved security of user authentication data in your application. If the option is enabled, a new token replaces the old one that becomes invalid every time the user authenticates.

Note
You can configure token invalidation for authentication that uses a JWT token. For OAuth 2.0 authentication, token invalidation is provided by the protocol itself and does not need to be configured separately.

When using the SDK, invalidation of the existing token and generation of a new one is made by calling Auth by username and password and Auth via social network API calls, if the with_logout parameter has the 1 value.

To enable token invalidation in your Unreal Engine project:

  1. Go to Settings > Project Settings > Plugins > Xsolla Settings.
  2. Enable the Invalidate Existing Sessions option.

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Last updated: October 10, 2023

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