1.2.2 Authorize an OAuth App

You can enable other users to authorize your OAuth App.

GitHub’s OAuth implementation supports:

• the standard ‘authorization code grant’ type
• the OAuth 2.0 ‘Device Authorization Grant’ for apps that don’t have access to a web browser.
• the non-web application flow.

To authorize your OAuth app, consider which authorization flow best fits your app.

web application flow

Used to authorize users for standard OAuth apps that run in the browser. (The implicit grant type is not supported.)

device flow

Used for headless apps, such as CLI tools.