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Interface: AuthenticationProvider

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4109

A provider for performing authentication to a service.

Properties

onDidChangeSessions

readonly onDidChangeSessions: Event<AuthenticationProviderAuthenticationSessionsChangeEvent>

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4114

An event which fires when the array of sessions has changed, or data within a session has changed.

Methods

createSession()

createSession(scopes): Promise<AuthenticationSession>

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4137

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.


getSessions()

getSessions(scopes?): Promise<readonly AuthenticationSession[]>

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4122

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.


removeSession()

removeSession(sessionId): Promise<void>

Defined in: packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:4147

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>