4.4 Social Authentication

Access Manager supports authentication through external OAuth providers such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, and so on. Social authentication simplifies login for users and does not require maintaining large user stores. Login using social identities provide a convenient way for users, improving customer satisfaction, and increased registration levels. You can configure this authentication through the SocialAuthClass.

Social login allows business, universities, and government entities to leverage social identity providers to share select identity information for authentication via OAuth tokens. This information can then be used to provide protected online services ranging from customer-focused applications, university sites to state and local services and more.

Access Manager supports the following social providers:

For more information about how to configure the supported social authentication providers for API Keys and API Secrets, see Section 4.4.6, Configuring Supported Social Authentication Providers for API Keys and API Secrets.