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I’ve built a website that authenticates users via facebook.
The way I’ve set it up is like this: The website uses the facebook JS SDK on the front end, and when the user authenticates with facebook their access_token is sent to my server via an ajax call (using HTTPS for security) – where the graph api is queried and their session is initiated server-side (Using a database for secure session storage of user data).
Can anyone think of any potential problems this approach might lead to? Thanks!
This is a very common scenario. The only issue is that unless you request offline_access that token you get is only valid for an hour.