Discourse Patreon for Creators

Enables Login for Patreon Creators, Patrons are not allowed to login when this plugin is installed.

If the Creator has an Adult content campaign, then the user is added to the group configured in the plugin settings. If there is no Adult content campaign, then the user is removed from the configured group.

Installation

Proceed with a normal installation of a plugin.

After Installation

You need to fill the following fields on Settings -> Plugins:

• Client ID
• Client Secret
• Creator's Access Token
• Creator's Refesh Token
• Creator NSFW Group

To get those values you must have a Creator account first.

Then go to Clients & API Keys and fill the necessary info.

The Redirect URIs must be http://<DISCOURSE BASE URL>/auth/patreon/callback, like https://meta.discourse.org/auth/patreon/callback for example.

Then you use the generated tokens to configure the plugin.

Social Login

This plugin will also enable a Social Login with Patreon, making it easier for your patron to sign up on Discourse.

Local development

Use the below steps to set up your local dev environment:

1. Clone git@github.com:discourse/discourse_docker.git
2. cd into the new repo cd discourse_docker
3. Copy the example_app.yml from this gist to containers/app.yml.
4. Edit the different TODO lines and fill in the data.
5. Edit app.yml, lines 79 and 82. Specify the path to the shared/standalone folder.
6. Edit app.yml, line 94 and specify the branch of the plugin you want to run. Currently, it is set to master branch. Line 95 is an example of how to specify the branch.
7. Install the lvh.me SSL cert and key into the shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.crt and shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.key. Refer to Terminal Development TLS Certificates in 1Password.
8. Run the following: ./launcher rebuild app
9. wait
10. Once all done, you can browse to https://lvh.me:8443/

Update plugin

1. Change the app.yml and point it to your branch.
2. Rebuild the app ./launcher rebuild app
3. Now your Discourse is pointed to your branch of the plugin.
4. To deploy plugin changes, you can push them up to origin and then browse to https://lvh.me:8443/admin/upgrade. You can then upgrade without doing a full launger rebuild app.

Other resources

https://meta.discourse.org/t/advanced-setup-only-allowing-ssl-https-for-your-discourse-docker-setup/13847