oauth2-server/README.md

# PHP OAuth 2.0 Server

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A standards compliant [OAuth 2.0](http://tools.ietf.org/wg/oauth/draft-ietf-oauth-v2/) authorization server and resource server written in PHP.

## Package Installation

The framework is provided as a Composer package which can be installed by adding the package to your composer.json file:

```javascript
{
    "require": {
        "league/oauth2-server": "dev-develop"
    }
}
```

### Storage Adapters

The following adapters have been created by other developers to help you easily integrate this library into your project.

* [Redis storage adapter](https://github.com/jasonlewis/oauth2-server-redis) by @jasonlewis

If you want to roll your own adapter check out the docs.

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The library features 100% unit test code coverage. To run the tests yourself run `phpunit` from the project root.

## Current Features

### Authorization Server

The authorization server is a flexible class and the following core specification grants are implemented:

* authorization code ([section 4.1](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.1))
* refresh token ([section 6](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-6))
* client credentials ([section 2.3.1](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-2.3.1))
* password (user credentials) ([section 4.3](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-4.3))

An overview of the different OAuth 2.0 grants can be found in the wiki [https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Which-OAuth-2.0-grant-should-I-use%3F](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Which-OAuth-2.0-grant-should-I-use%3F).

### Resource Server

The resource server allows you to secure your API endpoints by checking for a valid OAuth access token in the request and ensuring the token has the correct scope(s) (i.e. permissions) to access resources.

### Custom grants

Custom grants can be created easily by implementing an interface. Check out a guide here [https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Creating-custom-grants](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Creating-custom-grants).

## Tutorials and documentation

The wiki has lots of guides on how to use this library, check it out - [https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki).

A simple tutorial on how to use the authorization server can be found at [https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Developing-an-OAuth-2.0-authorization-server](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Developing-an-OAuth-2.0-authorization-server).

A simple tutorial on how to use the resource server to secure an API server can be found at [https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Securing-your-API-with-OAuth-2.0](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/wiki/Securing-your-API-with-OAuth-2.0).

## Changelog

[See the project releases page](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/releases)

## Contributing

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

## Support

Bugs and feature request are tracked on [GitHub](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/issues)

## License

This package is released under the MIT License. See the bundled [LICENSE](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/blob/master/LICENSE) file for details.

## Credits

This code is principally developed and maintained by [Alex Bilbie](https://twitter.com/alexbilbie).

Special thanks to:

* [Dan Horrigan](https://github.com/dandoescode)
* [Nick Jackson](https://github.com/jacksonj04)
* [Michael Gooden](https://github.com/MichaelGooden)
* [Phil Sturgeon](https://github.com/philsturgeon)
* [and all the other contributors](https://github.com/php-loep/oauth2-server/contributors)

The initial code was developed as part of the [Linkey](http://linkey.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk) project which was funded by [JISC](http://jisc.ac.uk) under the Access and Identity Management programme.