java API for google Authenticator

user2437940 picture user2437940 · May 13, 2015 · Viewed 29.7k times · Source

I wanna add two factor authentication using Google Authenticator and was wondering if google provides with java api's. I tried searching for it but din't find any. Can anyone point me to the java api if there are any. If not how can i go about using Google Authenticator in my web based java application. I am using Spring framework for my existing application

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Emin picture Emin · Jun 4, 2015

In fact, Google Authenticator has nothing to do with Google services. What you need to look for is TOTP. Research again using TOTP and rfc6238 as keywords and you will find lots of resources.