fbchat-dev/fbchat

Support "app passwords"

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#545 opened on Apr 5, 2020

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Description

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Facebook has a way to generate "app passwords" so that my devices don't all have access to my main password. When I try to use one of these with fbchat I get a login failure. Using my main account password works.

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Research direction
Investigate Facebook's app password mechanism and how to integrate it into fbchat's authentication flow, likely modifying the login function to accept app passwords.
Tech stack
python
Domain
authenticationapi
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Fresh
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Mostly clear
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Python
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65