Reference pages

Use these pages as reference documentation when implementing the implicit grant flow in your application. Adapted from The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework specification [RFC 6749].

An overview of the refresh token flow

An overview of the refresh token flow

Figure 2 from RFC 6749

The steps are as follows:

  • A: The client requests an access token by authenticating with the service provider and presenting an authorization grant.
  • B: The authorization server of the service provider authenticates the client and validates the authorization grant and, if valid, issues an access token and optionally a refresh token.
  • C: The client makes a protected resource request to the resource server ...

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