Ensuring Security and Compliance: A Detailed Guide to Testing the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow in Python Web Applications

Creating an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server from scratch involves understanding the OAuth 2.0 framework and implementing its various components, such as the authorization endpoint, token endpoint, and client registration. In this detailed guide, we’ll walk through building a simple OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server using Python 3 and Flask, a popular web framework. This server will handle basic OAuth flows, including client registration, authorization code flow, and issuing access tokens.

Setting Up Your Environment

First, ensure you have Python 3 installed on your system. You’ll also need pip for installing Python packages.

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