Why you shouldn’t use access tokens in your front-end any more
And how to move authentication to the server-side
4 min readMay 25
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To obtain authorization for API-endpoints, many Single-Page Applications use OAuth2. Word has it, lately, you should not use access_tokens in the front-end any more. Why is that?
Read this article to learn:
- How a Single Page Application obtains authorization at the client-side
- How this may be a risk
- What the alternative is