[ANNOUNCEMENT + RFC] Implemented the OAuth2 authentication server

[Samuel Marks]

https://github.com/SamuelMarks/web2py-oauth2

Took quite a while, but I have finally 'finished' [well, mostly!] three major changes to João Alves' original implementation:

1. Reviewed the entire codebase; improving quality, fixing hacks and improving formatting along the way.
2. Rewrote all the relevant exceptions to use gluon.http.HTTP (with correct HTTP error codes + easier to understand specific exception messages)
3. Implemented subclasses of OAuthStorage for web2py's DAL. Now this project is no longer locked-into MongoDB ;]

Now the next steps I have in mind for the project are as follows:

• Rewrite the documentation into an easy to use "getting started guide" (step-by-step)
• Test all the components
• Upgrade + implement the necessary features to conform with the latest OAuth2 standard (this one is based off its 20th Draft)

Would welcome testers and developers to get involved with improvements + bug findings =]

https://github.com/SamuelMarks/web2py-oauth2

Thanks and enjoy,

Samuel Marks

PS: Once it's fully tested, lets package it up with web2py; and throw the documentation into the book ;P

[Niphlod]

+1