Authenticating to APIs in the frontend

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SDK: express-oauth2-jwt-bearer
SDK Version: 1.1.0
Node.js: 6.14.15

Once you have secured you APIs, what is most secure method of accessing those APIs from the front end? I seen a SPA app being utilised to access the APIs but is that the correct way?

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Hi there @abroadhurst welcome back!

SPAs are certainly common in terms of front end applications accessing APIs, and we do have a large library of documentation, SDKs, etc. around these frameworks. To answer your question, a SPA can absolutely access an API securely by conforming to OAuth protocols. The following resources may be of use:

Hope this helps!

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