Package sk.iway.iwcm.system.googleauth

Class GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator

java.lang.Object

sk.iway.iwcm.system.googleauth.GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator

public final class GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator
extends Object

This class provides helper methods to create a QR code containing the provided credential. The generated QR code can be fed to the Google Authenticator application so that it can configure itself with the data contained therein.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getOtpAuthTotpURL(String issuer, String accountName, GoogleAuthenticatorKey credentials)	Returns the basic otpauth TOTP URI.
static String	getOtpAuthURL(String issuer, String accountName, GoogleAuthenticatorKey credentials)	Returns the URL of a Google Chart API call to generate a QR barcode to be loaded into the Google Authenticator application.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator

public GoogleAuthenticatorQRGenerator()

Method Details

getOtpAuthURL

public static String getOtpAuthURL(String issuer,
 String accountName,
 GoogleAuthenticatorKey credentials)

Returns the URL of a Google Chart API call to generate a QR barcode to be loaded into the Google Authenticator application. The user scans this bar code with the application on their smart phones or enters the secret manually.

The current implementation supports the following features:

• Label, made up of an optional issuer and an account name.
• Secret parameter.
• Issuer parameter.

Parameters:

issuer - The issuer name. This parameter cannot contain the colon (:) character. This parameter can be null.

accountName - The account name. This parameter shall not be null.

credentials - The generated credentials. This parameter shall not be null.

Returns:

the Google Chart API call URL to generate a QR code containing the provided information.

See Also:

• Google Authenticator - KeyUriFormat

getOtpAuthTotpURL

public static String getOtpAuthTotpURL(String issuer,
 String accountName,
 GoogleAuthenticatorKey credentials)

Returns the basic otpauth TOTP URI. This URI might be sent to the user via email, QR code or some other method. Use a secure transport since this URI contains the secret.

The current implementation supports the following features:

• Label, made up of an optional issuer and an account name.
• Secret parameter.
• Issuer parameter.

Parameters:

issuer - The issuer name. This parameter cannot contain the colon (:) character. This parameter can be null.

accountName - The account name. This parameter shall not be null.

credentials - The generated credentials. This parameter shall not be null.

Returns:

an otpauth scheme URI for loading into a client application.

See Also:

• Google Authenticator - KeyUriFormat