Kakao

Backend class

For Django, add this class path to AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS. For other integrations, use the same class path in the framework-specific backend setting.

Backend name

Class path

kakao

social_core.backends.kakao.KakaoOAuth2

Kakao uses OAuth v2 for Authentication.

  • Register a new applicationat the Kakao API, and

  • Fill Client Id and Client Secret values in the settings:

    SOCIAL_AUTH_KAKAO_KEY = ''
SOCIAL_AUTH_KAKAO_SECRET = ''

  • Also it’s possible to define extra permissions with:

    SOCIAL_AUTH_KAKAO_SCOPE = [...]