Creating a GitHub OAuth Client for Flask Apps

This function creates a GitHub OAuth client in a Flask application, allowing users to log in via GitHub.

Technology Stack : Authlib, Flask

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
from authlib.integrations.flask_client import OAuth

def create_oauth_client(app):
    oauth = OAuth(app)
    github = oauth.register(
        name='github',
        client_id='YOUR_CLIENT_ID',
        client_secret='YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET',
        access_token_url='https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token',
        access_token_params=None,
        authorize_url='https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize',
        authorize_params=None,
        api_base_url='https://api.github.com',
        client_kwargs={'scope': 'user:email'}
    )
    return github