Authorization Code Flow
Master the most secure and widely used flow, ideal for confidential clients like web server applications.
Auth Code Flow: The Secure Standard
Welcome to the Authorization Code Flow lesson! This is the most secure and widely adopted OAuth2 flow, especially for web applications.
It's designed to protect sensitive credentials and is the go-to choice for clients that can keep a secret, known as confidential clients.
Why Confidential Clients?
A confidential client is an application (like a traditional web server app) that can securely store a secret, such as a client_secret.
This flow relies on a secure, direct communication channel between your application's backend and the Authorization Server, keeping sensitive tokens away from the user's browser.
All lessons in this course
- Authorization Code Flow
- Client Credentials Flow
- Implicit Flow & Deprecation
- Device Authorization Grant