Add option for access token login (#58)

* Fix SSO login flow, redirect is done after auth

* Add accessToken login

* Add confirmation for session destroy on accessToken logout

* add translations, fix tests, minor renaming

* update readme

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This project is built using [react-admin](https://marmelab.com/react-admin/).
 <!-- vim-markdown-toc GFM -->
 
 * [Fork differences](#fork-differences)
-  * [Available via CDN](#available-via-cdn)
+  * [Availability](#availability)
   * [Changes](#changes)
   * [Development](#development)
 * [Configuration](#configuration)
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ With [Awesome-Technologies/synapse-admin](https://github.com/Awesome-Technologie
 fork is intended to be a more feature-rich version of the original project. The main goal is to provide a more
 user-friendly interface for managing Synapse homeservers.
 
-### Available via CDN
+### Availability
 
-On [admin.etke.cc](https://admin.etke.cc) you can find the latest version of this fork.
+* As a core/default component on [etke.cc](https://etke.cc/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=synapse-admin)
+* Via CDN on [admin.etke.cc](https://admin.etke.cc)
+* As a component in [Matrix-Docker-Ansible-Deploy Playbook](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-admin.md)
 
 ### Changes
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ The following changes are already implemented:
 * [Provide options to delete media and redact events on user erase](https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/49)
 * [Authenticated Media support](https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/51)
 * [Better media preview/download](https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/53)
+* [Login with access token](https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/pull/58)
 
 _the list will be updated as new changes are added_
 

justfile

@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ run-dev:
 stop-dev:
     @docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml stop
 
-
+# register a user in the dev stack
 register-user localpart password *admin:
 	docker-compose exec synapse register_new_matrix_user {{ if admin == "1" {"--admin"} else {"--no-admin"} }} -u {{ localpart }} -p {{ password }} -c /config/homeserver.yaml http://localhost:8008
 
-
+# run yarn {fix,lint,test} commands
+test:
+    @-yarn run fix
+    @-yarn run lint
+    @-yarn run test
 
 # run the app in a production mode
 run-prod: build

src/components/AdminLayout.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,60 @@
-import { Layout, Menu } from 'react-admin';
-import LiveHelpIcon from '@mui/icons-material/LiveHelp';
+import { AppBar, Confirm, Layout, Logout, Menu, useLogout, UserMenu } from "react-admin";
+import LiveHelpIcon from "@mui/icons-material/LiveHelp";
+import { LoginMethod } from "../pages/LoginPage";
+import { useState } from "react";
 
 const DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LINK = "https://github.com/etkecc/synapse-admin/issues";
 const supportLink = (): string => {
   try {
-        new URL(localStorage.getItem("support_url") || ''); // Check if the URL is valid
+    new URL(localStorage.getItem("support_url") || ""); // Check if the URL is valid
     return localStorage.getItem("support_url") || DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LINK;
   } catch (e) {
     return DEFAULT_SUPPORT_LINK;
   }
 };
 
+const AdminUserMenu = () => {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const logout = useLogout();
+  const checkLoginType = (ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const loginType: LoginMethod = (localStorage.getItem("login_type") || "credentials") as LoginMethod;
+    if (loginType === "accessToken") {
+      ev.stopPropagation();
+      setOpen(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleConfirm = () => {
+    setOpen(false);
+    logout();
+  };
+
+  const handleDialogClose = () => {
+    setOpen(false);
+    localStorage.removeItem("access_token");
+    localStorage.removeItem("login_type");
+    window.location.reload();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <UserMenu>
+      <div onClickCapture={checkLoginType}>
+        <Logout />
+      </div>
+      <Confirm
+        isOpen={open}
+        title="synapseadmin.auth.logout_acces_token_dialog.title"
+        content="synapseadmin.auth.logout_acces_token_dialog.content"
+        onConfirm={handleConfirm}
+        onClose={handleDialogClose}
+        confirm="synapseadmin.auth.logout_acces_token_dialog.confirm"
+        cancel="synapseadmin.auth.logout_acces_token_dialog.cancel"
+      />
+    </UserMenu>
+  );
+};
+
+const AdminAppBar = () => <AppBar userMenu={<AdminUserMenu />} />;
 
 const AdminMenu = () => (
   <Menu>
@@ -20,7 +64,7 @@ const AdminMenu = () => (
 );
 
 export const AdminLayout = ({ children }) => (
-    <Layout menu={AdminMenu}>
+  <Layout appBar={AdminAppBar} menu={AdminMenu}>
     {children}
   </Layout>
 );

src/components/AvatarField.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { get } from "lodash";
 import { Avatar, AvatarProps } from "@mui/material";
-import { useRecordContext } from "react-admin";
+import { FieldProps, useRecordContext } from "react-admin";
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
 import { fetchAuthenticatedMedia } from "../utils/fetchMedia";
 
-const AvatarField = ({ source, ...rest }: AvatarProps & { source: string, label?: string }) => {
+const AvatarField = ({ source, ...rest }: AvatarProps & FieldProps) => {
   const { alt, classes, sizes, sx, variant } = rest;
-
   const record = useRecordContext(rest);
   const mxcURL = get(record, source)?.toString();
 

src/components/LoginFormBox.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { styled } from "@mui/material/styles";
+import { Box } from "@mui/material";
+
+const LoginFormBox = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
+  display: "flex",
+  flexDirection: "column",
+  minHeight: "calc(100vh - 1rem)",
+  alignItems: "center",
+  justifyContent: "flex-start",
+  background: "url(./images/floating-cogs.svg)",
+  backgroundColor: "#f9f9f9",
+  backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
+  backgroundSize: "cover",
+
+  [`& .card`]: {
+    width: "30rem",
+    marginTop: "6rem",
+    marginBottom: "6rem",
+  },
+  [`& .avatar`]: {
+    margin: "1rem",
+    display: "flex",
+    justifyContent: "center",
+  },
+  [`& .icon`]: {
+    backgroundColor: theme.palette.grey[500],
+  },
+  [`& .hint`]: {
+    marginTop: "1em",
+    marginBottom: "1em",
+    display: "flex",
+    justifyContent: "center",
+    color: theme.palette.grey[600],
+  },
+  [`& .form`]: {
+    padding: "0 1rem 1rem 1rem",
+  },
+  [`& .select`]: {
+    marginBottom: "2rem",
+  },
+  [`& .actions`]: {
+    padding: "0 1rem 1rem 1rem",
+  },
+  [`& .serverVersion`]: {
+    color: theme.palette.grey[500],
+    fontFamily: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
+    marginLeft: "0.5rem",
+  },
+  [`& .matrixVersions`]: {
+    color: theme.palette.grey[500],
+    fontFamily: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
+    fontSize: "0.8rem",
+    marginBottom: "1rem",
+    marginLeft: "0.5rem",
+  },
+}));
+
+export default LoginFormBox;

src/i18n/de.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ const de: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "Die URL muss mit 'http://' oder 'https://' beginnen",
       url_error: "Keine gültige Matrix Server URL",
       sso_sign_in: "Anmeldung mit SSO",
+      credentials: "Anmeldedaten",
+      access_token: "Zugriffstoken",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "Sie verwenden ein bestehendes Matrix-Zugriffstoken.",
+        content: "Möchten Sie diese Sitzung (die anderswo, z.B. in einem Matrix-Client, verwendet werden könnte) beenden oder sich nur vom Admin-Panel abmelden?",
+        confirm: "Sitzung beenden",
+        cancel: "Nur vom Admin-Panel abmelden",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "Lokaler Anteil der Matrix Benutzer-ID ohne Homeserver.",

src/i18n/en.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ const en: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "URL has to start with 'http://' or 'https://'",
       url_error: "Not a valid Matrix server URL",
       sso_sign_in: "Sign in with SSO",
+      credentials: "Credentials",
+      access_token: "Access token",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "You are using an existing Matrix access token.",
+        content: "Do you want to destroy this session (that could be used elsewhere, e.g. in a Matrix client) or just logout from the admin panel?",
+        confirm: "Destroy session",
+        cancel: "Just logout from admin panel",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "Localpart of a Matrix user-id without homeserver.",

src/i18n/fa.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ const fa: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "URL باید با 'http://' یا 'https://' شروع شود",
       url_error: "آدرس وارد شده یک سرور معتبر نیست",
       sso_sign_in: "با SSO وارد شوید",
+      credentials: "اعتبارنامه",
+      access_token: "توکن دسترسی",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "شما در حال استفاده از یک نشانه دسترسی ماتریکس موجود هستید.",
+        content: "آیا می‌خواهید این جلسه (که می‌تواند در جای دیگر، مانند یک کلاینت ماتریکس استفاده شود) را نابود کنید یا فقط از پنل مدیریت خارج شوید؟",
+        confirm: "نابودی جلسه",
+        cancel: "فقط خروج از پنل مدیریت",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "بخش محلی یک شناسه کاربری ماتریکس بدون سرور خانگی.",

src/i18n/fr.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ const fr: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "L'URL doit commencer par « http:// » ou « https:// »",
       url_error: "L'URL du serveur Matrix n'est pas valide",
       sso_sign_in: "Se connecter avec l’authentification unique",
+      credentials: "Identifiants",
+      access_token: "Jeton d'accès",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "Vous utilisez un jeton d'accès Matrix existant.",
+        content: "Voulez-vous détruire cette session (qui pourrait être utilisée ailleurs, par exemple dans un client Matrix) ou simplement vous déconnecter du panneau d'administration?",
+        confirm: "Détruire la session",
+        cancel: "Se déconnecter simplement du panneau d'administration",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "Partie locale d'un identifiant utilisateur Matrix sans le nom du serveur d’accueil.",

src/i18n/index.d.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ interface SynapseTranslationMessages extends TranslationMessages {
       protocol_error: string;
       url_error: string;
       sso_sign_in: string;
+      credentials: string;
+      access_token: string;
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: string;
+        content: string;
+        confirm: string;
+        cancel: string;
+      };
     };
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: string;

src/i18n/it.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ const it: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "L'URL deve iniziare per 'http://' o 'https://'",
       url_error: "URL del server Matrix non valido",
       sso_sign_in: "Accedi con SSO",
+      credentials: "Credenziali",
+      access_token: "Token di accesso",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "Stai utilizzando un token di accesso Matrix esistente.",
+        content: "Vuoi distruggere questa sessione (che potrebbe essere utilizzata altrove, ad esempio in un client Matrix) o semplicemente disconnetterti dal pannello di amministrazione?",
+        confirm: "Distruggi sessione",
+        cancel: "Disconnetti solo dal pannello di amministrazione",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "ID utente non valido su questo homeserver.",

src/i18n/ru.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ const ru: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "Адрес должен начинаться с 'http://' или 'https://'",
       url_error: "Неверный адрес сервера Matrix",
       sso_sign_in: "Вход через SSO",
+      credentials: "Учетные данные",
+      access_token: "Токен доступа",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "Вы используете существующий токен доступа Matrix.",
+        content: "Вы хотите завершить эту сессию (которая может быть использована в другом месте, например, в клиенте Matrix) или просто выйти из панели администрирования?",
+        confirm: "Завершить сессию",
+        cancel: "Просто выйти из панели администрирования",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "Локальная часть ID пользователя Matrix без адреса домашнего сервера.",

src/i18n/zh.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ const zh: SynapseTranslationMessages = {
       protocol_error: "URL 需要以'http://'或'https://'作为起始",
       url_error: "不是一个有效的 Matrix 服务器地址",
       sso_sign_in: "使用 SSO 登录",
+      credentials: "凭证",
+      access_token: "访问令牌",
+      logout_acces_token_dialog: {
+        title: "您正在使用现有的 Matrix 访问令牌。",
+        content: "您想销毁此会话（可能在其他地方使用，例如在 Matrix 客户端中）还是仅从管理面板退出？",
+        confirm: "销毁会话",
+        cancel: "仅从管理面板退出",
+      },
     },
     users: {
       invalid_user_id: "必须要是一个有效的 Matrix 用户 ID ，例如 @user_id:homeserver",

src/index.tsx

@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import storage from "./storage";
 fetch("config.json")
   .then(res => res.json())
   .then(props => {
+    if (props.asManagedUsers) {
       storage.setItem("as_managed_users", JSON.stringify(props.asManagedUsers));
+    }
+    if (props.supportURL) {
       storage.setItem("support_url", props.supportURL);
+    }
     return createRoot(document.getElementById("root")).render(
       <React.StrictMode>
         <AppContext.Provider value={props}>

src/pages/LoginPage.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 
 import LockIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Lock";
-import { Avatar, Box, Button, Card, CardActions, CircularProgress, MenuItem, Select, Typography } from "@mui/material";
-import { styled } from "@mui/material/styles";
+import { Avatar, Box, Button, Card, CardActions, CircularProgress, MenuItem, Select, Tab, Tabs, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import {
   Form,
   FormDataConsumer,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   useLocales,
 } from "react-admin";
 import { useFormContext } from "react-hook-form";
-
+import LoginFormBox from "../components/LoginFormBox";
 import { useAppContext } from "../AppContext";
 import {
   getServerVersion,
@@ -29,66 +28,18 @@ import {
 } from "../synapse/synapse";
 import storage from "../storage";
 
-const FormBox = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
-  display: "flex",
-  flexDirection: "column",
-  minHeight: "calc(100vh - 1rem)",
-  alignItems: "center",
-  justifyContent: "flex-start",
-  background: "url(./images/floating-cogs.svg)",
-  backgroundColor: "#f9f9f9",
-  backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
-  backgroundSize: "cover",
-
-  [`& .card`]: {
-    width: "30rem",
-    marginTop: "6rem",
-    marginBottom: "6rem",
-  },
-  [`& .avatar`]: {
-    margin: "1rem",
-    display: "flex",
-    justifyContent: "center",
-  },
-  [`& .icon`]: {
-    backgroundColor: theme.palette.grey[500],
-  },
-  [`& .hint`]: {
-    marginTop: "1em",
-    marginBottom: "1em",
-    display: "flex",
-    justifyContent: "center",
-    color: theme.palette.grey[600],
-  },
-  [`& .form`]: {
-    padding: "0 1rem 1rem 1rem",
-  },
-  [`& .select`]: {
-    marginBottom: "2rem",
-  },
-  [`& .actions`]: {
-    padding: "0 1rem 1rem 1rem",
-  },
-  [`& .serverVersion`]: {
-    color: theme.palette.grey[500],
-    fontFamily: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
-    marginLeft: "0.5rem",
-  },
-  [`& .matrixVersions`]: {
-    color: theme.palette.grey[500],
-    fontFamily: "Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
-    fontSize: "0.8rem",
-    marginBottom: "1rem",
-    marginLeft: "0.5rem",
-  },
-}));
+export type LoginMethod = "credentials" | "accessToken";
 
 const LoginPage = () => {
   const login = useLogin();
   const notify = useNotify();
   const { restrictBaseUrl } = useAppContext();
   const allowSingleBaseUrl = typeof restrictBaseUrl === "string";
-  const allowMultipleBaseUrls = Array.isArray(restrictBaseUrl);
+  const allowMultipleBaseUrls =
+    Array.isArray(restrictBaseUrl) &&
+    restrictBaseUrl.length > 0 &&
+    restrictBaseUrl[0] !== "" &&
+    restrictBaseUrl[0] !== null;
   const allowAnyBaseUrl = !(allowSingleBaseUrl || allowMultipleBaseUrls);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [supportPassAuth, setSupportPassAuth] = useState(true);
@@ -98,8 +49,13 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
   const base_url = allowSingleBaseUrl ? restrictBaseUrl : storage.getItem("base_url");
   const [ssoBaseUrl, setSSOBaseUrl] = useState("");
   const loginToken = /\?loginToken=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/.exec(window.location.href);
+  const [loginMethod, setLoginMethod] = useState<LoginMethod>("credentials");
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!loginToken) {
+      return;
+    }
 
-  if (loginToken) {
     const ssoToken = loginToken[1];
     console.log("SSO token is", ssoToken);
     // Prevent further requests
@@ -127,7 +83,7 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
         console.error(error);
       });
     }
-  }
+  }, [loginToken]);
 
   const validateBaseUrl = value => {
     if (!value.match(/^(http|https):\/\//)) {
@@ -212,6 +168,18 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
     }, [formData.base_url, form]);
 
     return (
+      <>
+        <Tabs
+          value={loginMethod}
+          onChange={(_, newValue) => setLoginMethod(newValue as LoginMethod)}
+          indicatorColor="primary"
+          textColor="primary"
+          centered
+        >
+          <Tab label={translate("synapseadmin.auth.credentials")} value="credentials" />
+          <Tab label={translate("synapseadmin.auth.access_token")} value="accessToken" />
+        </Tabs>
+        {loginMethod === "credentials" ? (
           <>
             <Box>
               <TextInput
@@ -236,6 +204,18 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
                 validate={required()}
               />
             </Box>
+          </>
+        ) : (
+          <Box>
+            <TextInput
+              source="accessToken"
+              label="synapseadmin.auth.access_token"
+              disabled={loading}
+              resettable
+              validate={required()}
+            />
+          </Box>
+        )}
         <Box>
           <TextInput
             source="base_url"
@@ -263,7 +243,7 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
 
   return (
     <Form defaultValues={{ base_url: base_url }} onSubmit={handleSubmit} mode="onTouched">
-      <FormBox>
+      <LoginFormBox>
         <Card className="card">
           <Box className="avatar">
             {loading ? (
@@ -312,7 +292,7 @@ const LoginPage = () => {
             </CardActions>
           </Box>
         </Card>
-      </FormBox>
+      </LoginFormBox>
       <Notification />
     </Form>
   );

src/resources/destinations.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import AutorenewIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Autorenew";
 import DestinationsIcon from "@mui/icons-material/CloudQueue";
 import FolderSharedIcon from "@mui/icons-material/FolderShared";
 import ViewListIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ViewList";
+import ErrorIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Error';
 import {
   Button,
   Datagrid,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   Tab,
   TabbedShowLayout,
   TextField,
+  FunctionField,
   TopToolbar,
   useRecordContext,
   useDelete,
@@ -35,13 +37,6 @@ import { get } from "lodash";
 
 const DestinationPagination = () => <Pagination rowsPerPageOptions={[10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1000]} />;
 
-const destinationRowSx = (record: RaRecord) => ({
-  backgroundColor: record.retry_last_ts > 0 ? "warning.light" : "primary.contrastText",
-  "& .MuiButtonBase-root": {
-    color: "primary.dark",
-  },
-});
-
 const destinationFilters = [<SearchInput source="destination" alwaysOn />];
 
 export const DestinationReconnectButton = () => {
@@ -105,7 +100,22 @@ const RetryDateField = (props: DateFieldProps) => {
   return <DateField {...props} />;
 };
 
+
+const destinationFieldRender = (record: RaRecord) => {
+  if (record.retry_last_ts > 0) {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <ErrorIcon fontSize="inherit" color="error" sx={{verticalAlign: "middle"}}/>
+
+        {record.destination}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+  return <> {record.destination} </>;
+}
+
 export const DestinationList = (props: ListProps) => {
+  const record = useRecordContext(props);
   return (
     <List
       {...props}
@@ -113,8 +123,8 @@ export const DestinationList = (props: ListProps) => {
       pagination={<DestinationPagination />}
       sort={{ field: "destination", order: "ASC" }}
     >
-      <Datagrid rowSx={destinationRowSx} rowClick={id => `${id}/show/rooms`} bulkActionButtons={false}>
-        <TextField source="destination" />
+      <Datagrid rowClick={id => `${id}/show/rooms`} bulkActionButtons={false}>
+        <FunctionField source="destination" render={destinationFieldRender} />
         <DateField source="failure_ts" showTime options={DATE_FORMAT} />
         <RetryDateField source="retry_last_ts" showTime options={DATE_FORMAT} />
         <TextField source="retry_interval" />

src/resources/users.tsx

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ import {
   NumberField,
   useListContext,
   useNotify,
-  ToolbarClasses,
   Identifier,
+  ToolbarClasses,
   RaRecord,
   ImageInput,
   ImageField,
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@ const UserBulkActionButtons = () => {
   );
 };
 
-const usersRowClick = (id: Identifier, resource: string, record: RaRecord): string => {
-  return `/users/${id}`;
-};
-
 export const UserList = (props: ListProps) => (
   <List
     {...props}
@@ -160,8 +156,11 @@ export const UserList = (props: ListProps) => (
     actions={<UserListActions />}
     pagination={<UserPagination />}
   >
-    <Datagrid rowClick={usersRowClick} bulkActionButtons={<UserBulkActionButtons />}>
-      <AvatarField source="avatar_src" sx={{ height: "40px", width: "40px" }} />
+    <Datagrid
+      rowClick={(id: Identifier, resource: string) => `/${resource}/${id}`}
+      bulkActionButtons={<UserBulkActionButtons />}
+    >
+      <AvatarField source="avatar_src" sx={{ height: "40px", width: "40px" }} sortBy="avatar_url" />
       <TextField source="id" sortBy="name" />
       <TextField source="displayname" />
       <BooleanField source="is_guest" />
@@ -212,9 +211,7 @@ const UserEditActions = () => {
 export const UserCreate = (props: CreateProps) => (
   <Create
     {...props}
-    redirect={(resource, id, data) => {
-      return `users/${id}`;
-    }}
+    redirect={(resource: string | undefined, id: Identifier | undefined) => `${resource}/${id}`}
   >
     <SimpleForm>
       <TextInput source="id" autoComplete="off" validate={validateUser} />

src/synapse/authProvider.test.ts

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ describe("authProvider", () => {
         })
       );
 
-      const ret: undefined = await authProvider.login({
+      const ret = await authProvider.login({
         base_url: "http://example.com",
         username: "@user:example.com",
         password: "secret",
       });
 
-      expect(ret).toBe(undefined);
+      expect(ret).toEqual({redirectTo: "/"});
       expect(fetch).toBeCalledWith("http://example.com/_matrix/client/r0/login", {
         body: '{"device_id":null,"initial_device_display_name":"Synapse Admin","type":"m.login.password","identifier":{"type":"m.id.user","user":"@user:example.com"},"password":"secret"}',
         headers: new Headers({
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ describe("authProvider", () => {
       })
     );
 
-    const ret: undefined = await authProvider.login({
+    const ret = await authProvider.login({
       base_url: "https://example.com/",
       loginToken: "login_token",
     });
 
-    expect(ret).toBe(undefined);
+    expect(ret).toEqual({redirectTo: "/"});
     expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://example.com/_matrix/client/r0/login", {
       body: '{"device_id":null,"initial_device_display_name":"Synapse Admin","type":"m.login.token","token":"login_token"}',
       headers: new Headers({

src/synapse/authProvider.ts

@@ -10,14 +10,16 @@ const authProvider: AuthProvider = {
     username,
     password,
     loginToken,
+    accessToken,
   }: {
     base_url: string;
     username: string;
     password: string;
     loginToken: string;
+    accessToken: string;
   }) => {
     console.log("login ");
-    const options: Options = {
+    let options: Options = {
       method: "POST",
       body: JSON.stringify(
         Object.assign(
@@ -55,11 +57,30 @@ const authProvider: AuthProvider = {
     storage.setItem("base_url", base_url);
 
     const decoded_base_url = window.decodeURIComponent(base_url);
-    const login_api_url = decoded_base_url + "/_matrix/client/r0/login";
+    let login_api_url = decoded_base_url + (accessToken ? "/_matrix/client/v3/account/whoami" : "/_matrix/client/r0/login");
 
     let response;
+
     try {
+      if (accessToken) {
+        // this a login with an already obtained access token, let's just validate it
+        options = {
+          headers: new Headers({
+            Accept: 'application/json',
+            Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
+          }),
+        };
+      }
+
       response = await fetchUtils.fetchJson(login_api_url, options);
+      const json = response.json;
+      storage.setItem("home_server", accessToken ? base_url : json.home_server);
+      storage.setItem("user_id", json.user_id);
+      storage.setItem("access_token", accessToken ? accessToken : json.access_token);
+      storage.setItem("device_id", json.device_id);
+      storage.setItem("login_type", accessToken ? "accessToken" : "credentials");
+
+      return Promise.resolve({redirectTo: "/"});
     } catch(err) {
       const error = err as HttpError;
       const errorStatus = error.status;
@@ -73,12 +94,6 @@ const authProvider: AuthProvider = {
         )
       );
     }
-
-    const json = response.json;
-    storage.setItem("home_server", json.home_server);
-    storage.setItem("user_id", json.user_id);
-    storage.setItem("access_token", json.access_token);
-    storage.setItem("device_id", json.device_id);
   },
   // called when the user clicks on the logout button
   logout: async () => {
@@ -102,6 +117,7 @@ const authProvider: AuthProvider = {
         console.log("Error logging out", err);
       } finally {
         storage.removeItem("access_token");
+        storage.removeItem("login_type");
       }
     }
   },