Hello Alex, Thanks for that. It's much appreciated.
Regards Colin.. On Nov 6, 1:34 pm, "Alex (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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-... > > 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-APIhttp://groups.google.com/group/google-calendar-help-dataapihttp://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..- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
