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logout provider #604

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@tommysalt

The logout handler in the example has a path param provider, but its purpose isn't obvious.

goth/examples/main.go

Lines 244 to 248 in 4b34e17

p.Get("/logout/{provider}", func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
gothic.Logout(res, req)
res.Header().Set("Location", "/")
res.WriteHeader(http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
})

It only calls gothic.Logout(res, req):

goth/gothic/gothic.go

Lines 239 to 252 in 4b34e17

// Logout invalidates a user session.
func Logout(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
session, err := Store.Get(req, SessionName)
if err != nil {
return err
}
session.Options.MaxAge = -1
session.Values = make(map[interface{}]interface{})
err = session.Save(req, res)
if err != nil {
return errors.New("Could not delete user session ")
}
return nil
}

As Logout only clears the session, I assume it's used to invalidate the session if the user breaks the auth flow prematurely. At this point it isn't really a logout but rather a reset. I don't see a reason to scope /logout to a provider, if anything, it makes logging out more difficult because we have to track the provider (e.g. session cookie).

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