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If I use a an external framework or library to let me users login via Google or say outlook, do I need to have my own outlook or Google account? Do I need some
by polishdude20 7y ago
If I use a an external framework or library to let me users login via Google or say outlook, do I need to have my own outlook or Google account? Do I need some authorization to do this if say my company uses outlook for their emails and I want to let my co-workers use their account info to sign in through outlook?
- jchw 7y agoTypically to integrate OAuth2 based authentication flows, you need an OAuth Client ID and Client Secret that identifies and authenticates your application with the provider. Generally this requires an account of some kind, though it may not always be identical to a normal user account on all systems. For Google you would need a Google account, its managed in Cloud console (though any kind of account will work.) I actually don’t know if you need this if you just want to identify the used, off hand; I know there is a separate flow for that when using OIDC, but I suspect it still would have at least a Client ID. (This would be used for the provider to display your application name and possibly some other info.)