ciaranj/node-oauth

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2434 stars · 650 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A simple OAuth client library for Node.js that lets applications act as OAuth consumers against OAuth 1.0 and OAuth 2.0 providers. It supports OAuth Echo for third-party media providers and has been tested against Twitter, Facebook, GitHub, Google, and Yahoo.

Use cases

• authenticate against OAuth providers from a node.js app
• sign API requests with OAuth 1.0a HMAC-SHA1
• get OAuth2 bearer tokens via client credentials
• integrate with Twitter API using OAuth
• implement OAuth Echo for media providers like TwitPic
• call OAuth-protected APIs with user access tokens

When to choose

• you need a lightweight, dependency-minimal OAuth client in Node.js
• you must act as an OAuth consumer (signing requests) rather than a provider
• you need OAuth 1.0a support, which many modern libraries dropped
• you need OAuth Echo for third-party media upload APIs

When to avoid

• you need a full authentication server or login flows for your own users (use passport or an OIDC library)
• you want an actively developed library with modern async/await APIs
• you need OpenID Connect or advanced OAuth2 features like PKCE

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

auth http-client security apis web-development backend oauth1 oauth2 oauth-consumer oauth-echo hmac-signing nodejs javascript

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