OAuth Grant Types

Grants refer to the credentials the resource owner can provide to the client to access the owner's resources. The choice of grant type can differ based on the application's functionality and the resource owner's trust in the third-party application.

Types of authorization grants

OAuth 2.0 defines the following four types of authorization grants:

• Authorization code: In this grant type, the authorization server acts as an intermediary between the resource owner and the client. Resource owner's credentials are not accessible to the client in this grant ...