Blog of Stefinie Fernando

Hi all! In this blog I'll give you all a brief introduction to OAuth 2 and how to build a simple web app which utilizes OAuth 2 as the authorization mechanism. If you have not used OAuth 2 earlier, don't panic, I'll make the things simple as possible. So let's get started What is OAuth 2 ? In simple terms OAuth 2 is an authorization framework that grants users limited access to information in one site from another site, by means of a token.This is a secure way to expose information to third party services without exposing users credentials.The original  OAuth 2 specification is a bit complex and can be confusing if you are reading for the first time, however the basic concepts behind OAuth 2 are very simple and easy to understand.  Many popular companies like Google, Amazon, LinkedIn,   Facebook, Instagram, NetFlix and PayPal now use OAuth 2 to allow users access account information using third party services. Today we will look into how we can build a simple web app...