February 2012
Beginner to intermediate
78 pages
2h 13m
English
Content preview from Getting Started with OAuth 2.0
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Developer and Application Registration
OAuth requires that applications register with the authorization server so that API requests are able to be properly identified. While the protocol allows for registration using automated means, most API providers require manual registration via filling out a form on their developer websites.
At the time of this writing
Google requires you to register your client by visiting its APIs Console, as shown in Figure 1-2.
Microsoft Windows Live requires you to register your client using its application management site.
Facebook requires you to register your client on the Facebook Developers site.
Figure 1-2. Google’s APIs Console for OAuth app registration
As an example, the following information is required to register an OAuth client with Google via their APIs Console:
Google Account
Product Name
Product Logo (optional)
Website URL used for Redirect URIs (for web applications only)
After registration is complete, the developer is issued client credentials:
- Client ID
Specified as
client_idwhen interacting with the resource server- Client Secret
Specified as
client_secretwhen exchanging an authorization code for an access token and refreshing access tokens using the server-side Web Application Flow (see Figure 7-1).
Why Is Registration Necessary?
Registration enables the application developer to obtain client credentials, which are used to authenticate requests made ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.