Securing an C++ API with POCO

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I've created a C++ API in Ubuntu (following this tutorial https://levelup.gitconnected.com/building-an-api-in-c-with-pistache-413247535fd3) and I would like to secure it with OAuth 2 with POCO.

https://docs.pocoproject.org/current/Poco.Net.OAuth20Credentials.html

What I have tried:

So far, having all of these, I don't know exactly how and where to start. Is there an example I could find on the internet or something like that?

Posted 17-Jul-23 21:17pm

MrJay994

Updated 17-Jul-23 21:54pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2023-07-17T21:54:00

Solution 1

You were given some suggestions in your previous question on this subject at: How to secure my C++ API?[^].

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Is there an example I could find on the internet

Quite possibly; try asking one of the many search engines available.

Posted 17-Jul-23 21:54pm

Richard MacCutchan

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MrJay994 18-Jul-23 4:09am

I already did, I used my previous suggestions and I couldn't find anything else, besides the POCO library which I installed. No examples at all anywhere using poco to secure a c++ api.

Andre Oosthuizen 18-Jul-23 4:17am

On the contrary, I gave you 3 links to POCO, one that has a full tutorial.

MrJay994 18-Jul-23 4:19am

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/api-connect/5.0.x?topic=endpoint-tutorial-securing-api-by-using-oauth-20

This one is specific for the IBM application. I do now work with IBM.

https://docs.pocoproject.org/current/Poco.Net.OAuth20Credentials.html

This one is mostly documentation from which I can gather very little applicability.

Richard MacCutchan 18-Jul-23 4:51am

You can lead a horse to water ...

MrJay994 18-Jul-23 4:55am

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you yourself wouldn't manage to create an application using only these things among the search I also did on the internet and with what I found, this is why I asked perhaps for more. Have a good day

Richard MacCutchan 18-Jul-23 5:15am

Exactly so, when I was writing programs for a living the only thing we had to help us was the printed technical manuals; the internet hadn't been invented.

You need to learn to do more of your own research.

Andre Oosthuizen 18-Jul-23 4:30am

And the one with the google search where the second link in Google is "Package OAuth" which, if you open the link - "POCO C++ Libraries 1.12.2-all"

MrJay994 18-Jul-23 4:32am

https://docs.pocoproject.org/current/package-Net.OAuth.html

These are all documentations.

Andre Oosthuizen 18-Jul-23 5:04am

Which is why you need to read them and then plan your project and then create the code and then compile it. It seems that you are looking for an already created project which normally does not work for your own needs.

Once you understand the documentation, you will be able to create your own.