Building a Flask web app is the focus of this course. A user of your app will be able to sign in using their existing Google credentials rather than having to create a whole new account. This approach to user management has several advantages. It will be more secure and convenient than using individual login names and passwords. After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
-
Create a
Flask web application
that lets users log in with Google -
Create
client credentials
to interact with Google -
Use
Flask-Login
for user session management in a Flask application -
Better understand
OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect
(OIDC)