Provider-Agnostic OIDC Auth Flow for Your Apps (PyJWT + FastAPI)

When building web applications, handling authentication securely and reliably is critical. That’s where OpenID Connect (OIDC) comes in. OIDC is a thin identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0, and it gives your app the ability to verify who a user is and get some basic info about them, without the developer having to store passwords or build their own login systems from scratch. Things like passwords and access control will be managed by the Identity provider (IdP) thereby giving us a clear separation of responsibilities.

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