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Go Programming Blueprints

You're reading from   Go Programming Blueprints Build real-world, production-ready solutions in Go using cutting-edge technology and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783988020
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Chat Application with Web Sockets FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Authentication 3. Three Ways to Implement Profile Pictures 4. Command-line Tools to Find Domain Names 5. Building Distributed Systems and Working with Flexible Data 6. Exposing Data and Functionality through a RESTful Data Web Service API 7. Random Recommendations Web Service 8. Filesystem Backup A. Good Practices for a Stable Go Environment Index

Tell the authentication providers about your app

Before we ask an authentication provider to help our users sign in, we must tell them about our application. Most providers have some kind of web tool or console where you can create applications to kick-start the process. Here's one from Google:

Tell the authentication providers about your app

In order to identify the client application, we need to create a client ID and secret. Despite the fact that OAuth2 is an open standard, each provider has their own language and mechanism to set things up, so you will most likely have to play around with the user interface or the documentation to figure it out in each case.

At the time of writing this, in Google Developer Console, you navigate to APIs & auth | Credentials and click on the Create new Client ID button.

In most cases, for added security, you have to be explicit about the host URLs from where requests will come. For now, since we're hosting our app locally on localhost:8080, you should use that. You will also be asked for...

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