OAuth2 Archives

se-stackoverflow February 21, 2023

Authorization on Rails (Ep. 540)

Sam Scott, cofounder and CTO of Oso, joins the home team to talk about what makes authorization a challenge, the difference between authentication and authorization, and what zombies taught him about web development.

Eira May Content Writer

code-for-a-living December 22, 2022

The complete guide to protecting your APIs with OAuth2 (part 1)

OAuth2 is one of the most popular specifications for API authentication today, though wrapping your head around it can be a challenge.

Dan Moore

code-for-a-living April 14, 2022

The Authorization Code grant (in excruciating detail) Part 2 of 2

Previously, I examined OAuth at a high level, including the standards and the grants outlined in the specifications. If you haven’t you may want to read that article. In this post, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of integrating OAuth to protect resources like APIs. While there are a number of different ways to do…

Dan Moore

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