Mastering OAuth 2.0: Create powerful applications to interact with popular service providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, and more by leveraging the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework (pdf)

Description

About This Book

• Learn how to use the OAuth 2.0 protocol to interact with the world’s most popular service providers, such as Facebook, Google, Instagram, Slack, Box, and more
• Master the finer details of this complex protocol to maximize the potential of your application while maintaining the utmost of security
• Step through the construction of a real-world working application that logs you in with your Facebook account to create a compelling infographic about the most important person in the world—you!

Who This Book Is For

If you are an application developer, software architect, security engineer, or even casual programmer looking to leverage the power of OAuth 2.0, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and OAuth 2.0 is recommended.

What You Will Learn

• Discover the power and prevalence of OAuth 2.0 and use it to improve your application’s capabilities
• Step through the process of creating a real-world application that interacts with Facebook using OAuth 2.0
• Examine the various workflows described by the specification, looking at what they are and when to use them