Ping SDKs

Set up social sign on with external IDPs

PingOne supports trusted Identity Providers (IdP), like Apple, Facebook, Google, and many others, providing authentication and identity verification on behalf of Ping Identity.

This is often referred to as social sign on or social authentication. These IdPs return the necessary user information for creating or validating accounts to your PingOne server.

The user is redirected from the client application to the IdP’s authorization server. Once on the IdP, the user authenticates, and provides the necessary consent required for sharing the information with PingOne. When the IdP authenticates your user, they are redirected back to your server to complete the flow. When PingOne completes the flow, it redirects the user to your app, where they are now signed on.

It’s common to offer these social login options in addition to traditional authentication with username and password, but they can be used alone.

Example Android app offering a combination of authentication methods.
Figure 1. An Android app with a combination of authentication methods

Steps

Complete the following steps to integrate social login into your client applications:

Before you begin

Before you begin this tutorial, ensure you have set up your PingOne instance with the required configuration.

For example, you will need an OAuth 2.0 client application setup.

Complete prerequisites

Configure client apps for social sign on

Learn how to set up your Android, iOS, and JavaScript client apps to handle social sign on.

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