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![]() ![]() ![]() The only prerequisites are PHP, Composer, and a free Okta developer account. The tutorial will not rely on any external libraries to implement the Okta integration or to work with the JWT access tokens. Okta is an API service that allows you to create, edit, and securely store user accounts and user account data, and connect them with one or more applications. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through building a simple API in PHP from scratch and integrating it with Okta to provide user authentication. However, it pays to understand what goes under the hood and how to authenticate and authorize your API users securely. Most Web application frameworks provide tools to build secure REST APIs quickly using industry-standard solutions like JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and OAuth 2.0. For example, a fintech SaaS application might offer an API that allows you to manipulate your bank accounts, make payments, transfer funds abroad, or download sensitive information like your bank statements, personal address/name/SSN. ![]() REST API security is essential because an API can expose powerful, mission-critical, and outright dangerous functionality over the Internet. providing the communication channel for the different parts of a complex service-oriented architecture.integrating different applications to exchange data and automate workflows.driving the backend of single-page Web applications/mobile applications.Some of the everyday use cases of REST APIs are: REST APIs are a big part of today’s Internet. ![]()
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