Backend login form API

Registering a login provider

The concept of the backend login is based on "login providers".

A login provider can be registered within your LocalConfiguration.php or AdditionalConfiguration.php like this:

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF']['backend']['loginProviders'][1433416020] = [
    'provider' => \MyVendor\MyExtension\LoginProvider\CustomLoginProvider::class,
    'sorting' => 50,
    'iconIdentifier' => 'actions-key',
    'label' => 'LLL:EXT:backend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf:login.link'
];

The settings are defined as:

provider

The login provider class name, which must implement \TYPO3\CMS\Backend\LoginProvider\LoginProviderInterface .

sorting

The sorting is important for the ordering of the links to the possible login providers on the login screen.

iconIdentifier

Accepts any icon identifier that is available in the Icon Registry.

label

The label for the login provider link on the login screen.

For a new login provider you have to register a new key - by best practice the current unix timestamp - in $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF']['backend']['loginProviders'] .

If your login provider extends another one, you may only overwrite necessary settings. An example would be to extend an existing provider and replace its registered provider class with your custom class.

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTCONF']['backend']['loginProviders'][1433416020]['provider'] =
    \MyVendor\MyExtension\LoginProvider\CustomProviderExtendingUsernamePasswordLoginProvider::class

LoginProviderInterface

The LoginProviderInterface contains only one method:

interface LoginProviderInterface

Fully qualified name

\TYPO3\CMS\Backend\LoginProvider\LoginProviderInterface

Interface for Backend Login providers

render ( TYPO3\\CMS\\Fluid\\View\\StandaloneView $view, TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Page\\PageRenderer $pageRenderer, TYPO3\\CMS\\Backend\\Controller\\LoginController $loginController)

Render the login HTML

Implement this method and set the template for your form. This is also the right place to assign data to the view and add necessary JavaScript resources to the page renderer.

A good example is EXT:openid

Example:

$view->setTemplatePathAndFilename($pathAndFilename); $view->assign('foo', 'bar');

param TYPO3\\CMS\\Fluid\\View\\StandaloneView $view

the view

param TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\Page\\PageRenderer $pageRenderer

the pageRenderer

param TYPO3\\CMS\\Backend\\Controller\\LoginController $loginController

the loginController

The View

As mentioned above, the render method gets the Fluid StandaloneView as first parameter. You have to set the template path and filename using the methods of this object. The template file must only contain the form fields, not the form-tag. Later on, the view renders the complete login screen.

View requirements:

• The template must use the Login-layout provided by the Core <f:layout name="Login">.
• Form fields must be provided within the section <f:section name="loginFormFields">.

<f:layout name="Login" />
<f:section name="loginFormFields">
    <div class="form-group t3js-login-openid-section" id="t3-login-openid_url-section">
        <div class="input-group">
            <input
                type="text"
                id="openid_url"
                name="openid_url"
                value="{presetOpenId}"
                autofocus="autofocus"
                placeholder="{f:translate(key: 'openId', extensionName: 'openid')}"
                class="form-control input-login t3js-clearable t3js-login-openid-field"
            >
            <div class="input-group-addon">
                <span class="fa fa-openid"></span>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</f:section>

Examples

Within the Core you can find the standard implementation in the system extension backend:

See class EXT:backend/Classes/LoginProvider/UsernamePasswordLoginProvider.php (GitHub) with its template EXT:backend/Resources/Private/Templates/Login/UserPassLoginForm.html (GitHub).