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authorJonas Franz <info@jonasfranz.software>2019-04-14 10:42:11 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-04-14 10:42:11 +0200
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Add oauth2 documentation (#6604)
* Add oauth2 documentation Signed-off-by: Jonas Franz <info@jonasfranz.software> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-Authored-By: jonasfranz <info@jonasfranz.software> * Update docs/content/doc/advanced/oauth2-provider.md Co-Authored-By: jonasfranz <info@jonasfranz.software> * Update oauth2-provider.md
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@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ Gitea parses queries and headers to find the token in
You can create an API key token via your Gitea installation's web interface:
`Settings | Applications | Generate New Token`.
+### OAuth2
+
+Access tokens obtained from Gitea's [OAuth2 provider](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/oauth2-provider) are accepted by these methods:
+
+- `Authorization bearer ...` header in HTTP headers
+- `token=...` parameter in URL query string
+- `access_token=...` parameter in URL query string
+
### More on the `Authorization:` header
For historical reasons, Gitea needs the word `token` included before