Call a child component’s method from its parent in React
Invoking a parent component’s method from a child component is pretty straightforward in React. We can do it by passing the method as a prop to the child component. But what if we want to…
Author: Theviyanthan Krishnamohan
Tech geek, cricket fan, failing 'writer', attempted coder, and politically incorrect.
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Passwordless login using Asgardeo
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Passwords are fast becoming a thing of the past and for the right reasons. For better user experience and security, services should allow their users to log in without passwords. With Asgardeo, this should be…
How I created a bot that tweets the correct Wordle word daily
Wordle is intriguing, I know. But what was more intriguing to me was how this web app worked. So, I decided to peek through the code, and eventually, I decided to build a Twitter bot…
Protecting Azure API Management APIs using Asgardeo
Very often, we need to protect APIs and a very good way of doing it is to use Open ID Connect (OIDC) authentication. In this article, we are going to take a look at how…
Reauthenticating a user without redirection in OIDC
Browser redirection is an integral part of the Open ID Connect (OIDC) authentication flow. At the same time, it is every UX engineer’s nightmare. Of course, we can do nothing to carry out OIDC authentication…
Add login to an Angular app using Asgardeo
Do you want to add authentication to your Angular app? Gone are the days when you had to implement the backend logic to manage users and then write the frontend logic to manage user sessions.…
How to secure SPAs with Asgardeo
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More often than not, securing access to your Single-Page Application (SPA) inevitably becomes an integral part of development. Asgardeo simplifies this by providing you with an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution coupled with a…
Best practices for OIDC authentication in SPAs
Single-Page Applications (SPAs) are fast becoming ubiquitous as they provide a far better user experience over the traditional multi-page applications. However, as is often the case with app development, a good user experience and security…
What I learned building a cloud-native frontend app for Asgardeo
Times change fast. Even more so if you are in the tech business. Fifteen years ago, JavaScript was only a child’s toy condemned to lend some semblance of programmability to web pages. Today, it is…
Implementing a timer using React
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Implementing a timer using React might seem straightforward until you actually try to implement one. This seemingly run-of-the-mill task can put your React knowledge to a stern test. The obvious way First, let us try…
Fix invalid id token issue in WSO2 Identity Server 5.11.0
You might come across id token validation issues in the Wso2 Identity Server 5.11.0. This article discusses possible fixes. …
Build a multi-class classification neural network in R in fifty lines of code
The R language allows for rapid prototyping of machine learning and neural network models. Having learned to create neural networks using Python, I found prototyping neural networks using R to be quick and easy. Even…
Leveraging web workers to safely store access tokens
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We use web workers to offload resource-intensive tasks to a background thread in a web app. But did you know we can also use them to safely store access tokens? This article discusses how it…
Securely receiving authorization code in SPAs using form_post
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If you have used the OIDC protocol to implement single sign-on, you would be used to receiving the authorization code as a query parameter from the identity server. However, did you know that receiving the…
Configuring Azure Active Directory as a federated IdP in WSO2 Identity Server using SAML
WSO2 Identity Server allows you to integrate Azure Active Directory as a federated identity provider out of the box using the OIDC protocol. However, there may be times you may want to integrate Azure Active…
How we built a frontend app for WSO2 Identity Server with React
WSO2 Identity Server has always been known for its technical brilliance and feature richness. But that wasn’t enough to satiate us. In order to provide an unparalleled user experience, we wanted to add one more…