Interface: AuthenticationProvider
A provider for performing authentication to a service.
Properties
onDidChangeSessions
readonlyonDidChangeSessions:Event<AuthenticationProviderAuthenticationSessionsChangeEvent>
An event which fires when the array of sessions has changed, or data within a session has changed.
Defined in
packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3861
Methods
createSession()
createSession(
scopes):Promise<AuthenticationSession>
Prompts a user to login.
If login is successful, the onDidChangeSessions event should be fired.
If login fails, a rejected promise should be returned.
If the provider has specified that it does not support multiple accounts, then this should never be called if there is already an existing session matching these scopes.
Parameters
• scopes: string[]
A list of scopes, permissions, that the new session should be created with.
Returns
Promise<AuthenticationSession>
A promise that resolves to an authentication session.
Defined in
packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3884
getSessions()
getSessions(
scopes?):Promise<readonlyAuthenticationSession[]>
Get a list of sessions.
Parameters
• scopes?: string[]
An optional list of scopes. If provided, the sessions returned should match these permissions, otherwise all sessions should be returned.
Returns
Promise<readonly AuthenticationSession[]>
A promise that resolves to an array of authentication sessions.
Defined in
packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3869
removeSession()
removeSession(
sessionId):Promise<void>
Removes the session corresponding to session id.
If the removal is successful, the onDidChangeSessions event should be fired.
If a session cannot be removed, the provider should reject with an error message.
Parameters
• sessionId: string
The id of the session to remove.
Returns
Promise<void>