OAuth 2.0

Learn about how to create configurations for OAuth 2.0 providers and how to generate access tokens.

OAuth provides a standardized and secure way for applications (i.e. Google Sheets, Twitter etc.) to give access to resources on behalf of a user without the user having to share their credentials with Midio.

In Midio you can store client credentials and generate access tokens that are stored as Secrets. If the access tokens have an expiry time, Midio will automatically try to update them.

To enable this, you have to:

• Register and retrieve client credentials for the OAuth provider from an application. This is done outside of Midio. For instance, you can follow this guide to set up a OAuth web application in Google..

  • Use this URL when prompted for a OAuth redirect url:

  https://<your-project-name>.oauth.midio.dev/callback

• Save your client credentials in Midio.

• Generate access token and save as Secret

Save client credentials

Prerequisite

Make sure you to have registered and retrieved client credentials from an application. You should have this information:

• Client ID

• Client secret

• Authorization URL

• Token URL

• Scopes

Save in Midio

• Open Settings and go to the OAuth 2.0 providers panel

• Click Add provider

• Add your client configuration in the popup

  • If you have multiple scopes, you can paste them in directly if it is a list that is newline separated.

Generate access token

Prerequisite

Make sure you have saved a client configuration in Midio for the application you are integrating with.

Generate and save as Secret

• Open Settings and go to the Secrets panel.

• Click Add OAuth 2.0 provider secret

• Select a configured provider from the list

• Enter a name for the Secret. This secret is where the access token will be saved to.

• Choose the environments where the Secret will be active in. By default it is stored in both Development and Production.

• Click Continue to be redirected to login with the OAuth 2.0 provider

If the authorization flow is successful you will have a new secret in the table!