# Can the node-red editor's login authentication be shared?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-node-red-editors-login-authentication-be-shared/899>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [18 June 2018 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-node-red-editors-login-authentication-be-shared/899 "2018-06-18T21:13:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![dennishvo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dennishvo/32/2896_2.png) [@dennishvo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dennishvo)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2018 21:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-node-red-editors-login-authentication-be-shared/899/1 "2018-06-18T21:13:45Z")

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Is it possible to expose the node-red user login authentication mechanism as a node or nodes? Login pages are quite generic and I’d rather reuse then build from scratch.

Thanks,  
Dennis

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [18 June 2018 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-the-node-red-editors-login-authentication-be-shared/899/2 "2018-06-18T21:19:44Z")

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No, the user authentication system for the node-red editor is not intended to also be used by applications.

The underlying auth api is available for use: [https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/oauth](https://nodered.org/docs/api/admin/oauth) if you really wanted to build a flow that drove it; but of course if someone can auth against that they will also be able to deploy changes to the application itself.