oops! posted this to the wrong group.. my bad.. sorry.. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:34 AM, sergio_101 <[email protected]> wrote: > the way the facebook authorization scheme works is as follows: > > 1. on the first go round, facebook sends a POST with some data in it > that needs to be parsed to pull an authorization code out of it. > 2. if the app isn't authorized, i need to redirect to an authorization > dialog to so that the user can authorize my app. > 3. once the user does that, my app receives an oauth code, and i am on > my way. > > i have everything working, except, i am not sure where to store the > authorization code.. > > in my main component's renderOn, it looks to see if the a instance > variable 'oauthToken' is set. if not, it renders some javascript that > is really just a redirect to the facebook authorization screen. > > once the app is authorized, 'oauthToken' is set to the correct value. > > then, the authorization dialog sends the request BACK to the root > url.. > > everything works correctly..BUT.. on the second time back, the > redirect from facebook, it looks like it starts a brand new session > (there is a new instance of the main component created). > > i was hoping that this would all be one session, and that i could just > set an instance variable once, and not even touch the session, but i > don't think this is going to happen. plus, it looks like i will be > firing up a new session on return anyway, so what i have saved in > session will be lost. > > anyone have any ideas on how to cleanly persist this variable after > facebook's redirect? > > thanks! > > -- > ---- > peace, > sergio > photographer, journalist, visionary > > http://www.ThoseOptimizeGuys.com > http://www.CodingForHire.com > http://www.coffee-black.com > http://www.painlessfrugality.com > http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 > http://www.facebook.com/sergio101
-- ---- peace, sergio photographer, journalist, visionary http://www.ThoseOptimizeGuys.com http://www.CodingForHire.com http://www.coffee-black.com http://www.painlessfrugality.com http://www.twitter.com/sergio_101 http://www.facebook.com/sergio101
