Hi, I recently integrated Twitter's OAuth into my site, http://tipjoy.com
It's a great user experience and a lot like Facebook Connect. But I ran into a problem when developing our API for Twitter applications to use Tipjoy for payments. OAuth tokens aren't transferable like a username & password. For example, a Twitter user on TweetDeck can input a username & password, which lets TweetDeck post a picture to TwitPic. If TweetDeck were granted OAuth access to the user's Twitter account, TwitPic couldn't verify the access tokens easily, and couldn't communicate to Twitter with them. How can we power this 4-legged OAuth? Twitter could act as an intermediary, to tell TwitPic that the request from TweetDeck is authorized. I'm told Facebook is coming up with a solution for Facebook Connect. As the environment for social apps becomes more connected, this communication between 3rd parties about users on the OAuth provider become more important. What do you all think? Thanks, Ivan http://tipjoy.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
