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Adding a Sign-In with HF button to your Space

You can enable a built-in sign-in flow in your Space by seamlessly creating and associating an OAuth/OpenID connect app so users can log in with their HF account.

This enables new use cases for your Space. For instance, when combined with Persistent Storage, a generative AI Space could allow users to log in to access their previous generations, only accessible to them.

This guide will take you through the process of integrating a Sign-In with HF button into any Space. If you’re seeking a fast and simple method to implement this in a Gradio Space, take a look at its built-in integration.

You can also use the HF OAuth flow to create a “Sign in with HF” flow in any website or App, outside of Spaces. Read our general OAuth page.

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Create an OAuth app

All you need to do is add `hf_oauth: true` to your Space’s metadata inside your `README.md` file.

Here’s an example of metadata for a Gradio Space:

    title: Gradio Oauth Test
    emoji: 🏆
    colorFrom: pink
    colorTo: pink
    sdk: gradio
    sdk_version: 3.40.0
    python_version: 3.10.6
    app_file: app.py

    hf_oauth: true
    # optional, see "Scopes" below. "openid profile" is always included.
    hf_oauth_scopes:
     - read-repos
     - write-repos
     - manage-repos
     - inference-api

You can check out the configuration reference docs for more information.

This will add the following environment variables to your space:

- `OAUTH_CLIENT_ID`: the client ID of your OAuth app (public)
- `OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET`: the client secret of your OAuth app
- `OAUTH_SCOPES`: scopes accessible by your OAuth app.
- `OPENID_PROVIDER_URL`: The URL of the OpenID provider. The OpenID metadata will be available at `{OPENID_PROVIDER_URL}/.well-known/openid-configuration`.

As for any other environment variable, you can use them in your code by using `os.getenv("OAUTH_CLIENT_ID")`, for example.

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Redirect URLs

You can use any redirect URL you want, as long as it targets your Space.

Note that `SPACE_HOST` is available as an environment variable.

For example, you can use `https://{SPACE_HOST}/login/callback` as a redirect URI.

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Scopes

The following scopes are always included for Spaces:

- `openid`: Get the ID token in addition to the access token.
- `profile`: Get the user’s profile information (username, avatar, etc.)

Those scopes are optional and can be added by setting `hf_oauth_scopes` in your Space’s metadata:

- `email`: Get the user’s email address.
- `read-repos`: Get read access to the user’s personal repos.
- `write-repos`: Get write access to the user’s personal repos. Does not grant read access on its own, you need to include `read-repos` as well.
- `manage-repos`: Get access to a repo’s settings. Also grants repo creation and deletion.
- `inference-api`: Get access to the Inference API, you will be able to make inference requests on behalf of the user.

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Adding the button to your Space

You now have all the information to add a “Sign-in with HF” button to your Space. Some libraries (Python, NodeJS) can help you implement the OpenID/OAuth protocol. Gradio also provides built-in support, making implementing the Sign-in with HF button a breeze; you can check out the associated guide.

Basically, you need to:

- Redirect the user to `https://huggingface.co/oauth/authorize?redirect_uri={REDIRECT_URI}&scope=openid%20profile&client_id={CLIENT_ID}&state={STATE}`, where `STATE` is a random string that you will need to verify later.
- Handle the callback on `/auth/callback` or `/login/callback` (or your own custom callback URL) and verify the `state` parameter.
- Use the `code` query parameter to get an access token and id token from `https://huggingface.co/oauth/token` (POST request with `client_id`, `code`, `grant_type=authorization_code` and `redirect_uri` as form data, and with `Authorization: Basic {base64(client_id:client_secret)}` as a header).

You should use `target=_blank` on the button to open the sign-in page in a new tab, unless you run the space outside its `iframe`. Otherwise, you might encounter issues with cookies on some browsers.

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Examples:

- Gradio test app
- Hugging Chat (NodeJS/SvelteKit)
- Inference Widgets (Auth.js/SvelteKit), uses the `inference-api` scope to make inference requests on behalf of the user.