Hi Colin, OAuth doesn't address this problem directly, however there is active research into adapting it to solve this problem. See this recent post by Eric Sachs:
http://oauthgoog.blogspot.com/2008/10/googles-openid-idp-is-now-live-for.html Also, if you are interested in getting more ideas from fellow developers, you may want to cross-post to one or more of these groups: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Accounts-API http://groups.google.com/group/google-calendar-help-dataapi http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api -alex On Nov 3, 4:42 pm, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have read about OAuth and it appears to be aimed at web > applications, and the docs suggest that there is some user > intervention required in the process as the user is taken to a login > screen. > > I use an application that migrates mail, calendar and contacts running > as a background service on a server. > > To overcome the constraint that I currently need to have the user's > own gmail name and password to migrate contacts in this way, can > anyone advise whether OAuth is a suitable alternative (remembering > that the process runs silently in the background). > > Thanks in advance Colin.. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Apps APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-apps-apis?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
