Tech Jam 2

• Tech-jam-2 covers the basics of API authentication
• We have chosen Javascript and Typescript as the programming languages

What will we be covering

• We will be covering four important ways in which an API can be authenticated
• These include
  • API key authentication
  • Basic Authentication (email - password based authentication)
  • JWT Token based authentication
  • Using OAUTH provider (okta)

Project structure

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├── auth-examples           Exercise covering api-key auth, basic auth and jwt auth
├── auth-presentation       Slides for the presentation
└── oauth-okta-example      Exercise for Okta oauth authentication

Agenda for the tech-jam

Presentation and discussion - 15 minutes (max)

• What is the difference between Authentication and Authorization
• Different ways of authenticating an API
• Overview of OAuth
• How to choose which authentication method to use for your API

Code examples - 20 x 4 minutes (max)

For each of the ways, we will be focussing on -

• how it is implemented in code ?
• Pros and Cons of each
• make failing tests pass on your code base

References for our talk

These links would be good to read beforehand to understand and participate better in our discussion -

• Difference between 3 basic types of API authentication
• Authenticating a GraphQL API using OAuth
• OAuth is NOT authentication