Tag Reader-Request

OAuth 2.0 is the industry-standard protocol for authorization. Go has built-in support for this protocol and today we’ll build a simple application. The application will use the Facebook API to authorize a user.

If you need to clarify what oauth2 is and how it works you can take a look at the introduction from DigitalOcean. There are some videos as well.

The very first step of building our program is creating a new Facebook application. You can do it in Facebook for Developers. Please remember to choose the platform Website while creating. What’s more, any other application on Twitter or LinkedIn will be fine as well. I use Facebook as an example.