Give your customers a simpler and more seamless login experience
Login credentials are a massive pain point for developers building platform integrations, and managing multiple passwords can be a hassle for customers too. Cue Sign In with Xero, a secure and seamless login flow that app developers can leverage to create a simple and trusted experience for small businesses and advisors.
Similar to signing in with platforms like Google and OKTA, Sign In with Xero allows customers to sign into a third party app with their Xero login. Your customers get a highly trusted, frictionless experience (so they rave about how easy it is to use your app with Xero), while saving you development time.
It’s available to all developers and app partners using the industry standard authorization process, OAuth 2.0 — another great reason to move on from OAuth 1.0a as soon as possible.
Get a quick overview of Sign In with Xero in this 30 second video.
A better customer experience that’s also secure
We hear from our customers that managing multiple passwords across apps can be time consuming and frustrating. Sign In with Xero does away with this. With only one password to remember and no need to re-enter data, your customers can easily switch between your app and Xero and get a consistent experience.
Suitefiles, Xero app partner, who has implemented Sign In with Xero sums it up nicely: “The single biggest objection we hear when talking about Connect is ‘I don’t want my clients to have to remember another set of login details, they won’t use it’. Too many logins means that this technology, which is built to make business in the modern day easier, actually becomes a chore. Single Sign On means they can log in with their existing Xero credentials and get started even faster.”
Plus, because Sign In with Xero is highly secure and aligned with Xero’s trusted brand, customers can feel safe sharing their data.
It’s simple for developers to get up and running
We’ve ensured Sign In with Xero is quick and easy to implement — saving you development time so you can focus on enhancing your solution instead of worrying about login credentials. Sign In with Xero leverages security features, is built on the OpenID Connect protocol (making it simple to plug into modern identity systems) and will work with any certified client library.
Getting up and running is easy:
- Create an OAuth 2.0 app to get your client id and secret
- Add a Sign In with Xero button to your login screen
- Handle the auth flow to get an ID token
- Use the ID token to verify the user
Get started with our implementation guide on the Developer Centre, and make sure you check out the video.
