OpenID Connect (http://openidconnect.com/) is an alternative version of
OpenID build on OAuth. It considers this use case as well and returns a user
identifier which can be used to get username etc. in a standardized manner
via OAuth.
Regards,
Lukas
2010/5/20 Leah Culver leah.cul...@gmail.com
Nothing exists for this specifically in OAuth, partially because not all APIs
have a notion of a username. However, I think that it makes sense to have a
notion of per-instance metadata attached to a token. For example, if a user has
two instances of a thick client, both of those will have
Many APIs have an endpoint solely for getting information about the
authenticated user. I think Twitter's is account/verify_credentials...
Leah
On May 16, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Richer, Justin P. jric...@mitre.org
wrote:
Nothing exists for this specifically in OAuth, partially because not
Hi!
Twitter returns the screenname and user id with almost any API call, and
also along with the Access Token.
For other services you have to check which API call can give you an account
name. There is no standardized way in OAuth to do this.
Regards,
Lukas
PS: Anyone thinks this should be
