# Adding a new 'managed' authentication method to Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-new-managed-authentication-method-to-discourse/106695
**Category:** Developer Guides
**Tags:** explanation
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-new-managed-authentication-method-to-discourse/106695 "2019-01-16T13:44:45Z")
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### Author: ![thoka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thoka/32/115652_2.png) [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-new-managed-authentication-method-to-discourse/106695/7 "2023-11-29T07:48:14Z")

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I would like to learn, if implementing an authenticator would be the right path towards

> [@Simple login by email via deep links containing a username](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simple-login-by-email-via-deep-links-containing-a-username/286910):
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> I would like to lower the hurdle to login in our school forum by the following procedure: Links sent by mail to the (mostly non-public) forum should contain the username of the addressed user (like forum.my.tld/t/123#user=toka) If a not logged-in user opens this link, a page offers to send a login link by clicking a button. If clicked, a login with a login token should be sent to the user, which then allows them to open the target page without further interaction for a specific time. Ot…

Do I understand right, that all registered authenticators are called early in the app, so I could test therein, if a username and some hint for email authentication is included in the URL and render a “send me a login link” form as response?

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