Coursera¶
Coursera uses a variant of OAuth2 authentication. The details of the API can be found at OAuth2-based APIs - Coursera Technology.
Take the following steps in order to use the backend:
Create an account at Coursera.
Open Developer Console, create an organisation and application.
3. Set Client ID as a SOCIAL_AUTH_COURSERA_KEY
and
Secret Key as a SOCIAL_AUTH_COURSERA_SECRET
in your local settings.
Add the backend to
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS
setting:AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( ... 'social_core.backends.coursera.CourseraOAuth2', ... )