Authentication & Authorization: OAuth

Description

In this course, you will  :

• Discover the distinction between authentication and authorization.
• Learn how OAuth 2.0 simplifies security implementation for developers and users.
• Use Google's OAuth 2.0 Playground to see OAuth 2.0 in action as you make API requests.
• Discover the various types of security flows that your application can implement.
• Examine how your server and your users' browsers can handle security.
• Integrate a Google+ Sign-In feature into an existing web application and use a hybridised client/server flow.
• Add Python code to create server-side rules for a permissions system.
• Based on how the developer designs this code, limit database access for each logged in user.
• Create a User model model in your database to store the OAuth provider's API credentials.
• Discover how to integrate multiple OAuth providers into your web application.
• Add Facebook Login as a sign-in option for your users.
• Learn how to use the OAuth provider documentation to add as many providers as you like.

Syllabus :

• Authentication vs. Authorization
• Creating a Google+ Sign-In
• Local Permission Systems
• Adding Facebook & Other Providers