What is OAuth authorization in Salesforce?
In Salesforce, you can use OAuth authorization to approve a client application’s access to your org’s protected resources. Important You can’t use OAuth independently to authenticate a user’s identity.
What are OAuth tokens in Salesforce?
OAuth tokens are essentially permissions given to a client application. The resource server can validate the tokens and allow the client application access to the defined protected resources. In Salesforce, you can use OAuth authorization to approve a client application’s access to your org’s protected resources.
What is OAuth custom scope in Salesforce?
In this scenario, Salesforce plays the role of OAuth authentication and authorization provider, but it has little knowledge about the resource it’s protecting. To define a connected app’s permissions to access protected resources hosted by an external entity, create an OAuth custom scope.
Does Salesforce support Cors for OAuth?
In addition to public and allowlisted web pages, Salesforce supports CORS for certain OAuth endpoints when requested from a My Domain or Experience Cloud site. A connected app can query the UserInfo endpoint for information about the user associated with the connected app’s access token.
OAuth Authorization Flows and Connected Apps
All OAuth authorization flows, except for the SAML Assertion flow, require you to define a connected app. The connected app framework enables an external client application to integrate with Salesforce using APIs and standard protocols, such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.
OAuth Authorization Flow Use Cases
As a Salesforce developer, you can choose from several OAuth authorization flows. When selecting the correct flow for your app, consider these use cases.
