No User Info saved with Office 365 Login (ADAL.js)

Question

I am using ADAL.js library for authenticating my Excel add-in via Office 365 Login. I am using an Azure AD application for this and have granted the required permissions too. The settings I have used with ADAL.js are below:

var config = {
    tenant: tenant,
    clientId: clientId,
    redirectUri: redirectUrl,
    postLogoutRedirectUri: logoutUrl,
    extraQueryParameter: 'scope=openid+profile',
    cacheLocation: 'localStorage'
};

The login works fine. It redirects properly to the add-in homepage but the user information is not retrievable using the getCachedUser function. All I get is a null value. Am I doing something wrong here?

Answer 1

Instead of using the adal library, Microsoft recommend using the office-js-helpers to authorize external services with the implicit flow.

Here is a code spinet to authenticate with Azure AD app:

var authenticator = new OfficeHelpers.Authenticator();

// register Microsoft (Azure AD 2.0 Converged auth) endpoint using
authenticator.endpoints.registerMicrosoftAuth('client id here');

// register Azure AD 1.0 endpoint using
authenticator.endpoints.registerAzureADAuth('client id here', 'tenant here');

Authentication

// for the default AzureAD endpoint
authenticator
    .authenticate(OfficeHelpers.DefaultEndpoints.AzureAD)
    .then(function (token) { /* Microsoft Token */ })
    .catch(OfficeHelpers.Utilities.log);

Getting a cached token

authenticator
    .authenticate('name of endpoint')
    .then(function(token) {
    /*
        `token` is either cached or newly obtained upon expiry.
    */
    })
    .catch(OfficeHelpers.Utilities.log);

authenticator
    .authenticate('name of endpoint', true /* force re-authentication */)
    .then(function(token) {
    /*
        `token` is newly obtained.
    */
    })
    .catch(OfficeHelpers.Utilities.log);

// get the cached token if any. returns null otherwise.
var token = authenticator.tokens.get('name of endpoint');

More detail about this library, you can refer this link. And below document is also helpful about authorize in Office add-in:

Authorize external services in your Office Add-in