Oh.  I have as a task on my list also supporting the signature signed
with the 'full' subdomain (http://api123.photobucket.com) as well, for
the repeat-signing situation, if deemed necessary.  I'd likely have
the consumer specify that number in the parameter list (shard hint as
below) for completeness so I know to try that method first.  It may
prove to be the better implementation, but it hasn't been a major
complaint yet.

On Dec 1, 6:07 pm, Brian Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Justin Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We have run into and come up with a specific solution this problem on
> > Photobucket, since we require photo album operations to happen on the
> > appropriate 'silo' the user is on (our sharding technique).
>
> NetFlix, Y!, and Google Calendar all have similar behaviors
> implemented in slightly different ways.  Is there a best practice in
> this area?
>
> NetFlix and Yahoo: return a unique id for the user along with the
> access token.  Clients must include this unique id in the URLs of
> subsequent requests.
>
> Google Calendar: include a shard hint both in a URL query parameter
> and a cookie.  If both are missing, redirect and set the cookie.
>
> And now photobucket: redirect each request to a different hostname,
> and expect the client to resend the request with the original
> hostname.  (Justin, have I got this right?  Photobucket wants a
> request forhttp://api123.photobucket.com/to be signed as if it were
> forhttp://api.photobucket.com?)
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