Hi all! We’re evaluating discourse as a replacement to the features of Moodle that we use (discussion forums in particular). One of the questions our evaluation team has is whether or not we can add support for members to login using their ORCID info? Per ORCID, it seems possible to add this integration. In looking at the following link, do you think this would be feasible with Discourse? Sign In Using ORCID Credentials - ORCID Primarily I’m interested in learning if it’s possible, and what the LOE would be. Many thanks in advance!!

Try to use our OAuth plugin with it: GitHub - discourse/discourse-oauth2-basic: A basic OAuth2 plugin for use with Discourse · GitHub

Another option, which might involve less manual configuration, is the discourse-openid-connect plugin [image] Discourse OpenID Connect (OIDC) Plugin discourse2 Summary Discourse OpenID Connect allows an OpenID Connect provider to be used as an authentication provider for Discourse. open_book Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features The plugin aims to provide a minimal implementation of the specification. Specifically, it supports the “Authorization Code Flow”. To get started, follow the plugin installation instructions, or contact your hosti… It looks like ORCID has support for openid-connect: https://sandbox.orcid.org/.well-known/openid-configuration

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