Amazon

Configuring Amazon as a Social Provider

In this section, we will show you how to provide Amazon as an option on your cidaas login page. After configuring Amazon as a social provider in cidaas, you will get a new option called

• Login with Amazon on the login page.
• Sign up with Amazon on the registration page.

On your login page.

The overall process in a nutshell would be,

1. On cidaas admin portal: Get Return URL for Amazon.
2. On Amazon developer console: Register Security profile.
3. On Amazon developer console: Get client ID and client secret.
4. On cidaas admin portal: Add the Amazon client id and client secret in cidaas application and select appropriate cidaas applications for which you want to enable Amazon.

We'll guide you through the process steps — it's pretty easy.

Amazon setup

Get Return url for Amazon

In this section, you'll find steps on how to get the Amazon Allowed return URL from cidaas admin portal.

1. Log in to the cidaas Admin portal. Navigate to cidaas Admin dashboard -> Settings -> Login Providers -> Social Providers, select Amazon from the menu and click on Create provider.

   

   

2.  Scroll down to the section "Configuration Steps for Amazon App," which will show Allowed Return URL. Copy it.

   

Register a new security profile in Amazon developer's console

In this section, we'll guide you through

• to create an app in the Amazon developer console
• How to get client ID and client secret from your Amazon account and
• How to include a cidaas return URL in the Amazon app. 

If you don't have an active Amazon developers account, create a new account by clicking here before proceeding.

1. Navigate to the Amazon Developer Center App Console and sign in with your Amazon AWS, AppStore, or Seller Central account (or create a new account if you don't already have one).

2. Click on Login with Amazon.

   

3. Click on Create a new security profile, the Security Profile Management screen opens.

   

4. Enter the required Application Information, your preferred logo, and click on save.

Field	Description
Security Profile Name	The name of your app
Security Profile Description	A description of the app
Consent Privacy Notice URL	https://your_cidaas_domain/privacy

Get your Amazon app's Client ID and Client Secret

Navigate to the developer console -> Login with Amazon console and click on OAuth2 Credentials.

You will find the Client ID and Client Secret; copy and make a note.

Enter Amazon allowed return URL

1. Click on Settings icon -> web settings.

   

2. Click on Edit, enter the Allowed Return URL and save.

   

Allowed Return URL is the URL copied from cidaas application.

3. Let's move to the cidaas setup section above.

cidaas setup

Configure Amazon as Social Provider Setup in cidaas app

In this section, you'll find steps on

• how to add the client ID and Client Secret that you obtained from Amazon into your cidaas application and,
• how to select client applications for which you want to enable Amazon as a social provider.

1. Navigate to the cidaas Admin dashboard -> Settings -> Login Providers -> Social Providers, select Amazon from the menu, and click on Edit icon.

   

2. Enter the Client ID and Client secret in the corresponding fields.

Note : You can also enable/disable Amazon as social provider in cidaas admin portal as well as user portal as per your requirements.

3. After you save, you can select the application you want Amazon to use as a social provider.

   

4. Amazon is available as a social provider for your application.

Note : Administrator can configure a single provider to more than one client

Reference Link how to configure other providers?

Need help implementing this?

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