{"id":70266,"title":"🔌 Nango: Get OAuth tokens for APIs. Fast \u0026 secure.","tagline":"Pre-built OAuth flows \u0026 secure token management for 55+ APIs (and counting)","body":"![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=70266\u0026key=user_uploads/4364/21c7fde9-a308-4c66-9cde-8eacfc4ce237)\n\n## TL;DR\n\nPre-built OAuth flows \u0026 secure token management for 55+ APIs (and counting). 100% open source.\n\n## The problem: OAuth sucks.\n\n[OAuth is harder than it seems](https://www.nango.dev/blog/why-is-oauth-still-hard):\n\n* Every API has specific quirks \u0026 nuances - forcing you to read endless docs pages\n* OAuth libraries don’t solve redirects, adding callback endpoints, token storage, refresh logic etc.\n* When something goes wrong debugging is hard: Unspecific errors, non-compliant behaviours, missing details and a million possible root causes\n\nOn top of this, SOC 2 compliance \u0026 GDPR make storing plain-text tokens in your DB no longer a viable option.\n\n## The solution: Nango makes OAuth fast \u0026 secure.\n\nNango is a service that contains everything you need to work with APIs that use OAuth:\n\n* A full OAuth dance for 55+ APIs - no backend work needed\n* A tiny frontend SDK, with promises instead of confusing full-page redirects\n* Secure token storage, with automatic refresh as needed\n* Works with any API, programming language \u0026 framework\n\nIn your frontend easily trigger an OAuth flow with 1 line of code (full desktop \u0026 mobile support):\n\n```jsx\nnango.auth('salesforce', '\u003cuser-id\u003e'); // Opens a modal for OAuth dance\n```\n\nThen get always fresh access tokens in your backend:\n\n```jsx\nlet accessToken = nango.getToken('salesforce', '\u003cuser-id\u003e'); // Refreshed \u0026 ready\n```\n\nThat’s it.\n\n## Trusted in production, by startups and established companies\n\nNango is used in production by companies like Typeform, Crowd.dev, AppraisalInbox, Trigger.dev (YC W23), Blocktool (YC W23) and others.\n\n## Try it in 5 minutes\n\nNango is easy to try on your local machine (open source) or with our cloud option:\n\n* Try it on your local machine: \u003chttps://github.com/NangoHQ/nango\u003e\n* Get started with [Nango Cloud](https://www.nango.dev)","slug":"IHK-nango-get-oauth-tokens-for-apis-fast-secure","created_at":"2023-03-14T15:02:02.167Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T02:10:30.155Z","total_vote_count":56,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/IHK-nango-get-oauth-tokens-for-apis-fast-secure","share_image_url":"//bookface-static.ycombinator.com/assets/ycdc/yc-og-image-c440a0ad1dacfb86eeeb343717479cc54d256614449b4ef719977a0a451f8bc8.png","company":{"id":27728,"name":"Nango","slug":"nango","url":"https://nango.dev","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/a2c91c467d6826fc9888627093516dbe795e1a6f.png","batch":"Winter 2023","industry":"B2B","tags":["Developer Tools","SaaS","Open Source","API"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/27728"}}