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diff --git a/docs/password_auth_providers.rst b/docs/password_auth_providers.rst index d8a7b61cdc..6149ba7458 100644 --- a/docs/password_auth_providers.rst +++ b/docs/password_auth_providers.rst @@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ Password auth provider classes may optionally provide the following methods. result from the ``/login`` call (including ``access_token``, ``device_id``, etc.) +``someprovider.check_3pid_auth``\(*medium*, *address*, *password*) + + This method, if implemented, is called when a user attempts to register or + log in with a third party identifier, such as email. It is passed the + medium (ex. "email"), an address (ex. "jdoe@example.com") and the user's + password. + + The method should return a Twisted ``Deferred`` object, which resolves to + a ``str`` containing the user's (canonical) User ID if authentication was + successful, and ``None`` if not. + + As with ``check_auth``, the ``Deferred`` may alternatively resolve to a + ``(user_id, callback)`` tuple. + ``someprovider.check_password``\(*user_id*, *password*) This method provides a simpler interface than ``get_supported_login_types`` |