OAuth2 1.0.0

OAuth2

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OAuth2 is a library for user authentication using third-party services (OAuth/OAuth2 protocol) such as Google, Facebook and so on.

Standard Flow

1. Generate a login URL and render a page with it
2. Define a callback endpoint that the third-party service redirects to after successful authentication
3. Retrieve user info on callback from the third-party service

Installation

Install the OAuth2 NuGet package:

dotnet add package OAuth2

Usage Example (ASP.NET Core Minimal API)

using System.Collections.Specialized;
using OAuth2.Client.Impl;
using OAuth2.Configuration;
using OAuth2.Infrastructure;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var app = builder.Build();

// Helper to create a GoogleClient instance
GoogleClient CreateGoogleClient()
{
 return new GoogleClient(new RequestFactory(), new ClientConfiguration
 {
 ClientId = app.Configuration["Google:ClientId"]!,
 ClientSecret = app.Configuration["Google:ClientSecret"]!,
 RedirectUri = "https://localhost:5001/auth/google/callback",
 Scope = "profile email"
 });
}

// Step 1: Redirect the user to Google's login page
app.MapGet("/auth/google", async () =>
{
 var client = CreateGoogleClient();
 var loginUri = await client.GetLoginLinkUriAsync();
 return Results.Redirect(loginUri);
});

// Step 2: Handle the callback after authentication
app.MapGet("/auth/google/callback", async (HttpContext context) =>
{
 var code = context.Request.Query["code"].ToString();
 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(code))
 return Results.BadRequest("Missing authorization code.");

 var client = CreateGoogleClient();
 var userInfo = await client.GetUserInfoAsync(new NameValueCollection { { "code", code } });

 return Results.Ok(new
 {
 userInfo.Id,
 userInfo.FirstName,
 userInfo.LastName,
 userInfo.Email,
 AvatarUri = userInfo.AvatarUri?.ToString()
 });
});

app.Run();

Supported Services

Removed providers (Instagram, Xing): These providers' APIs have been retired or shut down. The client classes have been removed.

• Instagram: Basic Display API shut down Dec 4, 2024. There is no consumer OAuth replacement — the remaining Instagram APIs are business/creator-only. Announcement
• Xing: OAuth 1.0a REST API discontinued. dev.xing.com only hosts plugins.

Renamed providers: TwitterClient → XClient (Twitter rebranded to X). The old class name is preserved as an obsolete derived class that produces a compiler error directing users to the new name.

Legacy (Working): WindowsLiveClient — Microsoft officially retired the Live SDK in Nov 2018 but the endpoints continue to function in production. Confirmed working in Exceptionless. For new integrations, use MicrosoftClient (Microsoft Identity Platform v2.0 + Graph). User IDs differ between the two platforms.

Deprecated providers:

• Foursquare: v2 consumer OAuth API deprecated. The replacement Places API v3 uses API keys, not OAuth.
• VSTS (Azure DevOps): Azure DevOps OAuth stopped accepting new app registrations in April 2025 and is scheduled for full retirement in 2026. Use MicrosoftClient with Microsoft Entra ID OAuth instead

Goals

• Simplicity in usage — even a newcomer can call a couple of methods and receive the expected result
• Well-documented, testable, and tested code
• Flexible, transparent, and easily understandable design
• Support for both fine-grained control and simple plug-and-play usage

Dependencies

• RestSharp

Contributors

• Constantin Titarenko (started development, defined library structure, released initial version)
• Blake Niemyjski (helped a lot to maintain the project, currently (since 2015) — top maintainer)
• Andriy Somak (helped with improvements on configuration and extending the list of supported services)
• Sascha Kiefer (simplified extending the library with own provider implementations, added GitHub client)
• Krisztián Pócza (added LinkedIn (OAuth 2) client)
• Jamie Houston (added a )
• Sasidhar Kasturi (added Uber, Spotify, Yahoo)
• Jamie Dalton (added Visual Studio Team Services)

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to JetBrains company for providing free OSS licenses for ReSharper and dotCover - these tools allow us to work on this project with pleasure!

Also we glad to have opportunity to use free Teamcity CI server provided by Codebetter.com and JetBrains - many thanks for supporting OSS!

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License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Constantin Titarenko, Andrew Semack and others

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