So really I should start by taking a look at what's offered from the providers? I'll start there. With Google, I should be able to use opensocial. Yahoo! I believe says they provide something persistent in their documentation, and then I'm left with Myspace to figure out.
By the way. I apologize for the two posts on the same subject in the group. I posted one last night, I didn't see it in here today and thought maybe I hadn't hit send or something last night. On Dec 23, 1:09 pm, John Panzer <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that a basic answer is that this would be either an extension > (as done with OpenSocial for the same reasons) or a separate service > (give the token, get the stable identifier for the user, if they want to > share it with you). However, you may also want to look at the hybrid > OpenID-OAuth flow that Breno and Eric are working on over on the OpenID > mailing lists. > > Joe Bowman wrote: > > I'm working on a site where I'd like to see if I can use oauth to > > allow logins from users of Google, Yahoo, and Myspace. With OpenID, > > you get a unique hash for the user that youu store locally to refer > > against to identify return visitors. Does oauth have something like > > this? I've been reading through documentation and tutorials, and I'm a > > bit confused if something like that is part of the protocol. > > > What I'm trying to do is user Joe chooses to log in using oauth to my > > site. Once the oauth provider authenticates Joe, my server is given > > some unique identifier for Joe. I can then store this identifier, plus > > site specific profile information I request from him. The next time > > Joe logs in, I recognize based off of that unique identifier he's > > already a "member" of my site, and use the stored profile information > > to enhance his experience. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" 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/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
