Creating OAuth2 Session with OAuthlib

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Code introduction


This function creates an OAuth2 authentication session using the OAuthlib library. It accepts client ID, client secret, and token URL as parameters and returns an instance of an OAuth2 session.


Technology Stack : OAuthlib, requests_oauthlib

Code Type : OAuth 2 authentication session creation

Code Difficulty : Intermediate


                
                    
import oauthlib
from oauthlib.oauth2 import BackendApplicationClient
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth2Session

def create_oauth_session(client_id, client_secret, token_url):
    client = BackendApplicationClient(client_id=client_id)
    oauth_session = OAuth2Session(client=client)
    token = oauth_session.fetch_token(token_url=token_url, client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)
    return oauth_session