Documentation | Okta IDX API and Interaction Code flow #2952
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What does this change?
Add a whole bunch of documentation about the Okta Interaction Code Flow, and the Okta IDX API.
This includes information on how it works, why we're using it, it's usecase in Gateway too.
We also include reasoning as to why we're betting on passwordless (currently one-time passcodes).
It also documents all of the individual Okta IDX endpoints we're currently using within Gateway, as well as describing the flow on how the IDX API is set up for sign in (with passwords and passcodes), create account, and reset password flows.
This PR doesn't update the existing (some of it outdated) documentation, which will be done in a follow up PR.
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