OAuth Introduction

This lesson introduces us to an authorization protocol called OAuth.

Before we dive into OAuth, I would first like to discuss a problem.

Consider we want to use a new app called PicsArt, which allows us to beautify our images. We just need to upload our images and this app gives us some options to edit our images.

This app provides us a few methods to upload images, such as from the phone gallery or a direct upload from our social media accounts like Facebook or Instagram.

The problem is, the PicsArt app needs access to our Facebook account to access our images.

Here are a few methods to solve ...