ORCID ===== ORCID_ uses OAuth 2 for authentication. - Register an ORCID account, go to `Developer tools`_, enable the public API, create a new application, set the redirect URI to ``http://example.com/complete/orcid/`` replacing ``example.com`` with your domain. - Fill the ``Client ID`` and ``Client secret`` values from the app details in `Developer tools` (you might need to press "Show details") in the settings:: SOCIAL_AUTH_ORCID_KEY = '' SOCIAL_AUTH_ORCID_SECRET = '' Member API ---------- You can subscribe to gain access to an `API with extended capabilities`_. Use ``'social_core.backends.orcid.ORCIDMemberOAuth2'`` class in your ``SOCIAL_AUTH_AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS``. Sandbox ------- ORCID supports a sandbox mode for testing, there's a custom backend for it which name is ``orcid-sandbox`` instead of ``orcid``. Same settings apply but use these instead:: SOCIAL_AUTH_ORCID_SANDBOX_KEY = '' SOCIAL_AUTH_ORCID_SANDBOX_SECRET = '' Sandbox is also available for Member API. You will have to register for with ORCID it `separately`_. .. _ORCID: https://orcid.org/ .. _Developer tools: https://orcid.org/developer-tools .. _API with extended capabilities: https://orcid.org/organizations/integrators/API .. _separately: https://orcid.org/content/register-client-application-sandbox