+1 for basic auth.
OAuth is not intuitive for most people and an easy OOTB experience is what we build our brand on. If we find we need OAuth later on - when someone has bought it - then we could do it then - but OOTB wins every time for me. Sorry to intrude but I'm very passionate about the OOTB :-) cheers, John. John Hawkins Director: Solutions Architecture On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Malaka Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Well IMO I think if we have Basic authentication it will make the > integration simple and faster with ESB. > > [1] http://dev.desk.com/API/using-the-api/#authentication > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Kathees Rajendram <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Adding Vinitha. >> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Kathees Rajendram <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Vinitha, >>> >>> As Kesavan mentioned, we better to go with oAuth 1.0 rather than basic >>> authentication. To implement SalesforceDesk connector with oAuth 1.0, you >>> don't need to use any external Java libraries. You can use HMAC-SHA1 >>> signature generation method. >>> >>> You can refer Twitter2.0.0 [1] and Amazon SQS connectors which are >>> implemented with oAuth 1.0. >>> [1] - >>> https://github.com/wso2/esb-connectors/blob/master/twitter/twitter-connector/twitter-connector-2.0.0/org.wso2.carbon.connector/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/connector/twitter/TwitterSignatureGeneration.java >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kathees >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Vinitha Rajenthiran < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Kesavan, >>>> >>>> We choose Basic Authentication instead of Oauth 1.0 due to the following >>>> reasons; >>>> >>>> 1. For Oauth1.0, a java library has not been provided, hence we need to >>>> use >>>> an external Java library (e.g: Signpost) to implement the Oauth flow. >>>> 2. Basic authentication is the simplest form of authentication to get >>>> you up >>>> and running with the Desk.com API. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Vinitha >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://wso2-oxygen-tank.10903.n7.nabble.com/Connector-SalesforceDesk-tp126434p126635.html >>>> Sent from the WSO2 Architecture mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Architecture mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kathees >>> Software Engineer, >>> email: [email protected] >>> mobile: +94772596173 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kathees >> Software Engineer, >> email: [email protected] >> mobile: +94772596173 >> > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > Malaka Silva > Senior Tech Lead > M: +94 777 219 791 > Tel : 94 11 214 5345 > Fax :94 11 2145300 > Skype : malaka.sampath.silva > LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/malaka-silva/6/33/77 > Blog : http://mrmalakasilva.blogspot.com/ > > WSO2, Inc. > lean . enterprise . middleware > http://www.wso2.com/ > http://www.wso2.com/about/team/malaka-silva/ > <http://wso2.com/about/team/malaka-silva/> > > Save a tree -Conserve nature & Save the world for your future. Print this > email only if it is absolutely necessary. > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > >
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