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What is oauth and how it works?


Asked by Yosef Rich on Dec 08, 2021 OAuth 2.0 Series



OAuth is an open-standard authorization protocol or framework that describes how unrelated servers and services can safely allow authenticated access to their assets without actually sharing the initial, related, single logon credential. In authentication parlance, this is known as secure, third-party, user-agent, delegated authorization.
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There are more than 10 alternatives to OAuth, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Self-Hosted solutions and SaaS. The best alternative is OpenID, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to OAuth are Persona (Free, Open Source), Portier (Free, Open Source), humanID (Free, Open Source) and itsme (Free).
In this manner, OAuth(stands for Open Authorization) is one of three protocols that Salesforce and other identity vendors follow to implement identity solutions. The other two are SAML and OpenID Connect.
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So, if you a haven’t added your application to your Facebook developer account, visit https://developers.facebook.com/ and add a new app. Make sure you set up your app’s URL. If you don’t, Facebook will not recognize your app and will think you’re making a request from an invalid site, will never let your user log in.
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OAuth is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.