what is wordpress login process with third party authentication provider

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How wordpress authenticate with third party such as facebook?

i know wordpress will generate cookies to web browsers and web browsers send request with cookies, then wordpress knows the user has logged in.

I also know how to get user information through facebook api. Which url or method should i make in order to make wordpress generates cookies?

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There is an option by creating hooks to the authenticate function in the pluggable.php.

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