oAuth2-AuthorizationCodeGrant

oAuth2-Authorization Code Grant.

What we will do,

1. Implement the above functionality in node js.
2. Wire an auth provider.

In Brief,

1. oAuth2 is a protocol defined for inter-operable authorization grant mechanisms.
2. It identifies 4 broad scenarios and a suitable grant mechanism for each.
3. Based on inter-operable grant mechanism many Auth providers provide the functionality as service.
4. Auth0 is one such provider.

Resources:

https://medium.com/scalable/an-oauth2-grant-selection-decision-tree-for-securing-rest-apis-d63b5c0c8900

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