We can create a new spring project for GitHub OAuth from site: start.spring.io with the following dependency:
We need to create GitHub OAuth, under GitHub SETTINGS – developer settings – OAuth Apps -New OAuth App
After creating the OAuth app we need to generate a new client-secret
Lets specify the clientId and clientsecret in out application properties
Our controller class with test endpoint
Lets specify OAuth login in our configuration
Lets test the application. when we hit the test/hello endpoint we’ll get a page to put username/password if we have or else login with GitHub
After selecting GitHub login, we’ll be redirected to GitHub login page or if we have already logged in session with GitHub we’ll get a prompt to authorize the app.
After successful authentication, we’ll be redirected to our application endpoint:
