Cognito¶

Cognito implemented OAuth2 protocol for their authentication mechanism. To enable python-social-auth support follow this steps:

Go to AWS Cognito Console and select Manage User Pools.
Choose an existing pool or create a new one following the Cognito Pool Tutorial.

Create an app (make sure to generate a client secret) and configure a pool domain (Cognito App Configuration):

SOCIAL_AUTH_COGNITO_KEY = '...'
SOCIAL_AUTH_COGNITO_SECRET = '...'
SOCIAL_AUTH_COGNITO_POOL_DOMAIN = '...'

Enable the backend:

SOCIAL_AUTH_AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    ...
    'social_core.backends.cognito.CognitoOAuth2',
    ...
)