OAuth APIs

How to Do GitHub API Authentication Using OAuth 2.0
API University GitHub

OAuth Newbies can find it tricky initially. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to get started with OAuth 2.0 while avoiding all the fiddly parts around handling tokens. The folks over at Insomnia will show you how to authenticate an API client for the GitHub API with OAuth 2.0 and the Insomnia app.

How-To

Seamus Holland

OAuth, Authentication

09-24-2017

How Intuit Uses OpenID 2.0 to Implement Single Sign On

Single Sign On is a mechanism that creates the feeling of a single ecosystem across multiple services for a user by sharing key elements of an identity. SSO can provide users with a better experience and can result in cost savings. This article looks at how Intuit implements OpenID 2.0 as their SSO.

How Green Button Ingeniously Extended The OAuth Standard Without Forking It
API University

This is part 3 of our series on the U.S. government's Green Button API initiative. In this part, we will describe the building blocks of Green Button technology and how they respond to the project requirements with respect to authorization of access to data provided to third parties.

Analysis

Marty Burns

Open Data, Energy, OAuth

12-09-2016

How The Green Button API Initiative Takes Advantage of OAuth's Scope Parameter
API University

This is part 4 of our series What is The Green Button API initiative and How It Took OAuth To An Entirely New Level. In this part we explain the structure of Green Buttons’ scope parameters and illustrate the data exchanges and protocol used to implement Green Button’s scope negotiation.

Analysis

Marty Burns

Open Data, Energy, OAuth

12-09-2016

How Connect IQ Brings OAuth to Wearables

Most web services available to developers have been inaccessible to Connect IQ developers because they use OAUTH to provide access control, and this functionality did not exist in Connect IQ. Connect IQ 2 added new OAUTH APIs opening up Connect IQ apps to many of the APIs available on the web.

Want To Steal A Mobile App's Secrets? There's An App For That

ProgrammableWeb tests reveal how a free app from Google's App Store makes it possible to reverse engineer secure traffic between mobile apps and the services they call home to.

Analysis

David Berlind

Security, API Management, Mobile

08-03-2015

How To Code An OAuth Workflow Using ZenDesk As An Example
API University Zendesk Core

While Oauth workflows are very common, they aren't always clear when first encountering them. This tutorial shows an OAuth flow using the ZenDesk API and a third party app.

How-To

Wendell Santos

OAuth, Security

05-12-2015

Mulesoft’s Anypoint API Platform Gains Support For OpenAm

APIs managed by Mulesoft’s Anypoint Platform for APIs can now be automatically included under the umbrella of organizational access control and authentication governed by OpenAm.

Brief

ProgrammableWeb Staff

Integration, OAuth

04-24-2015

How Walgreens' API Partnership With Qardio Could Boost Customer Loyalty
API University Walgreens Balance Rewards

In its latest API partnership, Walgreen Co. hopes that rewarding customers with points for measuring their blood pressure will inspire more loyalty.

Analysis

David Berlind

Customer Service, API Strategy, Merchants

01-08-2015

Pinterest Users Getting Hacked For Second Time In Two Weeks
Pinterest Domain

As Pinterest endures its second attack in as many weeks, Twitter is subsequently auto-flooded with fake weight-loss posts that are designed to lure followers into a trap that could expose personal information and account credentials. For its part, Pinterest's lack of transparency regarding the matter stands in contrast to industry standard best practices for such breaches.

Brief

David Berlind

Security, OAuth

06-16-2014

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How to Do GitHub API Authentication Using OAuth 2.0
API University GitHub

How Intuit Uses OpenID 2.0 to Implement Single Sign On

How Green Button Ingeniously Extended The OAuth Standard Without Forking It
API University

How The Green Button API Initiative Takes Advantage of OAuth's Scope Parameter
API University

How Connect IQ Brings OAuth to Wearables

Want To Steal A Mobile App's Secrets? There's An App For That

How To Code An OAuth Workflow Using ZenDesk As An Example
API University Zendesk Core

Mulesoft’s Anypoint API Platform Gains Support For OpenAm

How Walgreens' API Partnership With Qardio Could Boost Customer Loyalty
API University Walgreens Balance Rewards

Pinterest Users Getting Hacked For Second Time In Two Weeks
Pinterest Domain