Preface

OAuth 2.0 is a standard protocol for authorization and it focuses on client-developer simplicity, while providing specific authorization flows for web applications, desktop applications, mobile phones, and so on. Given the documentation available for OAuth specification, you may think that it is complex; however, this book promises to help you start using OAuth 2.0 through examples in simple recipes. It focuses on providing specific authorization flows for various applications through interesting recipes. It also provides useful recipes for solving real-life problems using Spring Security and creating Android applications.