On Jun 16, 2:58 pm, Paul Kinlan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Since you have all the passwords, could you not just log into the users
> account and authorise access to your oauth based application?
No, it's way too many users. I don't have that time. But see that's
exactly my point. I HAVE the password, instead of manually going
through the motions (which I can), why can't there be an API method
that can do it automatically?
> Looking at what you have done, other than letting the user tweet what they
> are listenting too you don't need any authentication, would it not be easier
> to get the user to follow you, in response you send a DM to them with a url
> in that contains a unique url in that they can then enter their lastFM
> username in. Because they are following you, you can still DM the stats
> that you send.
The goal is to automatically tweet what the people are listening to.
That method won't work.
> > Hi. I made a mashup in the beginning of the year (before OAuth). You
> > can check it out here:http://www.tweekly.fm.
>
> > I really want to switch to OAuth (for the sake of security), but
> > Twitter isn't exactly making it easy. I've read through some old
> > threads, but couldn't precisely find what I wanted to say. Sorry, if
> > its been said before.
>
> > My mashup only requires the user to enter their details once. The only
> > time they enter it again, is to delete it. It's an automation service.
> > It sends data from last.fm to twitter.
>
> > Switching to OAuth is a nightmare for both me (as a coder) and the
> > user. I can't run both basic auth and OAuth for the same user (its the
> > way my mashup works). So if a user wants to switch to OAuth, they have
> > to delete the old basic auth details. Its unnecessary hurdles.
>
> > Its been said before. All I want is an API method to use basic auth to
> > get the OAuth access tokens. This way, I can easily write one script,
> > to convert all my users to OAuth. No hassles for me, and no hassles
> > for the users.
