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+Third Party Auth
+----------------
+
+This djangoapp provides the views and workflows for authenticating into edx-platform with third-party applications, including both OAuth and SAML workflows.
+
+We make use of the `social-auth-app-django`_ as our backend library for this djangoapp.
+
+.. _social-auth-app-django: https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-app-django