> > * Feature (OAuth): Added provisional support for "Sign in via > Twitter" for OAuth applications. An official annoucement will follow > after full support is available. > ยป More on this to come in subsequent mails. I need to get > another piece in place first. > > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/5822fbfd5ea857c6
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 16:44, Dossy Shiobara <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4/15/09 5:38 PM, djMax wrote: > >> I want to use OAuth via Twitter for login to our site. The first time >> I get the flow, user clicks allow. But is there a method that I use >> given the token and secret for the next time, so that if they're >> already logged in they see nothing but if they're not they have to >> login? >> > > This is why it would be desirable for Twitter to also implement an OpenID > provider, so folks could log into our third-party applications with their > Twitter account using OpenID. > > Then, we'd bind their OpenID to their OAuth token and be happy. > > Sadly, Alex has clearly stated that Twitter as an OpenID provider "won't > happen in 2009"[1]. > > [1] > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/98def90952bdab9c > > -- > Dossy Shiobara | [email protected] | http://dossy.org/ > Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private.
