What is OAuth2 and how to implement it (coding bootcamp series)

In my previous article, I mentioned that in this phase of the bootcamp I will be developing a project for Green Fox Academy to manage employees’ progression at work. Naturally, this is done in a team, so anything I write in the following lines is the result of the combined work of me and my colleagues.

This week, we tried to implement authentication in our project (Lvl-Up) making use of Google API and OAuth2. A little heads up: this was not an easy task. First, we read extensive documentation and watched many videos on the…