OAuth2 Roles & Terminology
Understand the key players: Resource Owner, Client, Authorization Server, and Resource Server, and their interactions.
Intro to OAuth2 Roles
Welcome! OAuth2 involves several key players working together. Understanding each role is crucial to grasp how it secures access to your data without sharing your password.
Let's meet the main characters in the OAuth2 story!
The Resource Owner: You!
The Resource Owner is typically you, the end-user. You own the protected resources (like your photos, contacts, or profile information) stored on a service.
- You grant permission to applications to access your resources.
- You never directly share your password with the application.
All lessons in this course
- OAuth2: The Delegation Protocol
- OAuth2 Roles & Terminology
- Core Grant Types Overview
- Access Tokens, Refresh Tokens & Scopes