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@dfinity/authentication
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity and authentication with the Internet Computer
JavaScript and TypeScript library to support manage Identities and enable simple Web Authentication flows for applications on the Internet Computer
Visit the Dfinity Forum and SDK Documentation for more information and support building on the Internet Computer.
Additional API Documentation can be found here.
Using authentication:
npm i --save @dfinity/authentication
import * as auth from "@dfinity/authentication";
or using individual exports:
import { createAuthenticationRequestUrl } from "@dfinity/authentication";
Note: depends on @dfinity/agent and @dfinity/identity.
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity and authentication with the Internet Computer
The npm package @dfinity/authentication receives a total of 812 weekly downloads. As such, @dfinity/authentication popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @dfinity/authentication demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 10 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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