Rails has Omniauth. Django has... a ton of one-off, limited social auth apps?

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by dmarble • 16 years ago
16 2 16 years ago

My language/framework of choice is Python/Django. In general, the libraries and "batteries-included" nature of those two have served me well. But in the past month I've begun work on a social web app and need a way to integrate signup and connecting an existing user of my application to their social networking accounts.

The Rails/Rack solution is rather complete (supports numerous sites), perhaps because the Rails community has smartly focused their energies on developing/supporting one project. Meanwhile, what I mostly find in the Django world are incomplete, cobbled-together solutions, each supporting perhaps a few APIs.

Am I missing a clear front-runner? Is there any interest out there in collaborating on a specific social networking authorization project to make it "the one" -- the Omniauth of the Django world?

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