# Integrating LINE Login (v2.0) with your web app

LINE Login v2.0 is deprecated

This page contains documentation for the previous version of LINE Login, v2.0. LINE Login v2.0 has been deprecated, with the end-of-life date to be determined, so we recommend that you use the current version (LINE Login v2.1). There will be a certain grace period between the end-of-life announcement and the actual end-of-life. For more information, see LINE Login versions.

This page explains how to integrate LINE Login into your web app. If you don't have an app to integrate LINE Login, you can use a sample app. See Getting started with LINE Login.

# Login flow

The LINE Login process for web apps (web login) is based on the OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow (opens new window).

An overview of the web login flow is shown below. Web apps must implement any part of the login flow that is relevant to them in the flowchart.

Web login flow

# Creating a channel

Create a LINE Login channel and configure it for use with a web app.

# Setting a callback URL

After the user has been authenticated and authorized your web app, the authorization code and state are sent to the callback URL.

Set a callback URL from the LINE Login tab of your channel settings in the LINE Developers Console.

You can set more than one callback URL per channel.

Redirect settings

Permissions for accessing email addresses

You can't get the email address of a user who has logged in to your app using LINE Login v2.0.

# Authenticating users and making authorization requests

Initiate the process of authenticating the user with the LINE Platform and authorizing your app.

Redirect the user to an authorization URL when they click the LINE Login button.

Tip
  • Follow the LINE Login button design guidelines when adding a LINE Login button to your web app.
  • You can also link directly to an authorization URL without showing a LINE Login button.
  • The user's authentication credentials aren't sent to your web app.

Example authorization URL:

https://access.line.me/dialog/oauth/weblogin?response_type=code&client_id=1234567890&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fauth&state=123abc

You can pass the following query parameters to the authorization URL.

Parameter Type Required Description
response_type String Required code
client_id String Required LINE Login Channel ID. You can find this in the LINE Developers Console.
redirect_uri String Required Callback URL registered with the LINE Developers Console
state String Required A unique alphanumeric string used to prevent cross-site request forgery (opens new window). Your web app should generate a random value for each login session. This cannot be a URL-encoded string.

# User authentication and authorization

User authentication and authorization are handled directly by the LINE Platform

Web apps that support LINE Login don't have to implement the authorization process themselves.

Upon being redirected to the authorization URL, the user logs in with their LINE authentication credentials and decides whether to grant your web app the access permissions it has requested.

Example consent screen:

Consent screen

# Receiving the authorization code or error response with a web app

The user is redirected to the callback URL once they have completed the authentication and authorization process.

If the user has granted access to your app, an authorization code is returned.

If the user has not granted access to your app, an error response is returned.

# Receiving the authorization code

Once the user has been authenticated and has completed the authorization step, they are redirected to the callback URL with these query parameters.

Parameter Type Description
code String Authorization code used to get an access token. Valid for 10 minutes. This authorization code can only be used once.
state String A unique alphanumeric string used to prevent cross-site request forgery (opens new window). Verify that this matches the value of the state parameter given to the authorization URL.

Example URL of the redirect target:

https://example.com/callback?code=b5fd32eacc791df&state=123abc

# Receiving an error response

If the user declines to grant the permissions requested by your app, they are redirected to the callback URL with these query parameters:

Parameter Type Description
error_description String The+user+has+denied+the+approval
Note: This parameter does not appear in the in-app browser of iOS and Android apps. We are currently working to resolve this issue.
errorMessage String DISALLOWED
errorCode Number 417
state String The state parameter included in the authorization URL. You can use this value to determine which process was denied.
error String access_denied

Example URL of the redirect target:

https://example.com/callback?error_description=The+user+has+denied+the+approval&errorMessage=DISALLOWED&errorCode=417&state=123abc&error=access_denied

# Getting an access token with a web app

You can obtain an access token if the state parameter that you receive along with the authorization code from the LINE Platform matches the state parameter that you specified when authenticating the user and making an authorization request.

Sample request:

curl -v -X POST https://api.line.me/v2/oauth/accessToken \
-H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
-d 'grant_type=authorization_code' \
-d 'code=b5fd32eacc791df' \
-d 'redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fauth' \
-d 'client_id=12345' \
-d 'client_secret=d6524edacc8742aeedf98f'

Example response:

{
  "access_token": "bNl4YEFPI/hjFWhTqexp4MuEw5YPs7qhr6dJDXKwNPuLka...",
  "expires_in": 2591977,
  "refresh_token": "8iFFRdyxNVNLWYeteMMJ",
  "scope": "P",
  "token_type": "Bearer"
}

To learn more, see Issuing access tokens in the LINE Login v2.0 API reference.

# Next steps

Once you have an access token, you can use it to do the following: