### Author:  [@lizzardguki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lizzardguki)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 13:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/1 "2020-06-04T13:29:05Z")
I am trying to use GitHub to authenticate users in node-red, I tried following the [documentation](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red#oauthopenid-based-authentication), but there is not a lot of info.
I created a file named user-authentication.js, copied the OAuth strategy, and in setings.js I added `adminAuth: require("./user-authentication"), `
After trying to start node-red I get an error:
```auto
$ node-red
Error loading settings file: /home/nemanja/.node-red/settings.js
/home/nemanja/.node-red/user-authentication.js:3
strategy: {
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ':'
at Object.compileFunction (vm.js:344:18)
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1106:15)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1140:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1196:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1040:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:929:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1080:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
at Object. (/home/nemanja/.node-red/settings.js:123:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1176:30)
```
Am I doing something wrong ? I can`t find any good info on how it should be implemented...
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 13:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/2 "2020-06-04T13:36:42Z")
If you want to move some settings out to another file and then include them with a `require` statement, then that other file needs to be a node module. In other words it needs to look something like:
```auto
module.exports = {
type:"strategy",
strategy: {
...
}
}
```
My guess is you haven't got the `module.exports=` bit at the start of your file.
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### Author:  [@lizzardguki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lizzardguki)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 13:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/3 "2020-06-04T13:43:36Z")
Node-Red started, but I am stuck at the login page seeing nothing, take a look...
The console doesn't show any error...
Should I edit something in settings file?
Here is my user-authentication file...
```auto
module.exports = {
adminAuth: {
type:"strategy",
strategy: {
name: "twitter",
label: 'Sign in with Twitter',
icon:"fa-twitter",
strategy: require("passport-twitter").Strategy,
options: {
consumerKey: 'Iv1.2XXXXXXXb5f',
consumerSecret: 'bfceXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXa31604ff',
callbackURL: "http://127.0.0.1:1880/auth/strategy/callback",
verify: function(token, tokenSecret, profile, done) {
done(null, profile);
}
},
},
users: [
{ username: "knolleary",permissions: ["*"]}
]
}
};
```
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### Author:  [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 13:48 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/4 "2020-06-04T13:48:58Z")
If you have got:
```auto
adminAuth: require("./user-authentication")
```
in your main settings file, then you don't want to repeat the `adminAuth` bit in your user auth file. It should be:
```auto
module.exports = {
type: "strategy",
...
}
```
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### Author:  [@lizzardguki](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/lizzardguki)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/5 "2020-06-04T14:10:25Z")
After removing the **adminAuth** node-red trows a different error
```auto
Failed to start server:
TypeError: OAuth2Strategy requires a clientID option
at Strategy.OAuth2Strategy (/home/nemanja/.node-red/node_modules/passport-oauth2/lib/strategy.js:86:34)
at new Strategy (/home/nemanja/.node-red/node_modules/passport-github/lib/strategy.js:62:18)
at Object.genericStrategy (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/auth/index.js:175:18)
at Object.init (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/@node-red/editor-api/lib/index.js:71:22)
at Object.init (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/lib/red.js:72:17)
at Object. (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js:202:9)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1176:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1196:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1040:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:929:14)
```
I am sorry to bother you with this stupid question, but I want to learn how to do it properly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [3 August 2020 14:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/github-oauth-authentication/27766/6 "2020-08-03T14:10:28Z")
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