Consider a situation where you are designing an API that needs to securely expose user data to multiple third-party applications. How would you use OAuth 2.0 to achieve this?
- Create an OAuth resource server to authenticate and authorize third-party apps, issuing access tokens for accessing user data
- Embed user data directly in API responses for third-party apps
- Share API keys with third-party apps for data access
- Use JWTs for third-party apps' user data access
In this situation, OAuth 2.0 is employed to securely expose user data to third-party apps. OAuth acts as a resource server, authenticating and authorizing these apps, and issuing access tokens. It ensures controlled access to user data without exposing sensitive information directly. JWTs can also be used to include user data in the token if necessary.
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