OAUTH 2.0 with Spring Boot Securities
In this post we will be discussing about how we implemented OAUTH 2.0 security with spring boot. We will be implementing AuthorisationServer, ResourceServer and some REST API for different crud operations and test these APIs using Postman. We will be using in-memory (H2) database to read user credentials for authentication. What is OAUTH OAuth is an open-standard authorisation protocol or framework that provides applications the ability for “secure designated access.” For example, you can tell Facebook that it’s OK for quora.com to access your profile or post updates to your timeline without having to give Quora your Facebook password. This minimises risk in a major way: In the event quora suffers a breach, your Facebook password remains safe.OAuth doesn’t share password data but instead uses authorisation tokens to prove an identity between consumers and service providers. OAuth is an authentication protocol that allows you to approve one application interacting with a...