OAuth Introduction
Explore the OAuth 2 0 authorization framework by understanding its purpose for secure access delegation. Learn the differences between authentication and authorization and how OAuth uses tokens to provide limited access to third-party apps like PicsArt.
We'll cover the following...
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Before we dive into OAuth, I would first like to discuss a problem.
Consider we want to use a new app called PicsArt, which allows us to beautify our images. We just need to upload our images and this app gives us some options to edit our images.
This app provides us a few methods to upload images, such as from the phone gallery or a direct upload from our social media accounts like Facebook or Instagram.
The problem is, the PicsArt app needs access to our Facebook ...