1. Desktop applications are those that are installed or ran from a PC /Mac/Linux or on a mobile device. They are outside of the browser.
2. One is used for web applications, the other is for desktop applications. 3. You are correct. PIN workflow is only for desktop applications. Ryan Sent from my DROID On Jan 17, 2010 5:00 PM, "eco_bach" <bac...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Building an AS3 based web application using OAuth. So far I've coded a demo that successfully obtains a request token, redirects the user to the oauth url, and, on successful login redirects the user back to the previously supplied consumer- application URL. However somewhat confused by several things. 1)Definition of Desktop Clients http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Authentication Is a desktop client any web based application? or does it specifically refer to any application OUTSIDE of the browser (ie AIR based)? 2) SignIn with Twitter Can someone explain the difference between 'oauth/authorize' and 'oauth/authenticate' urls? What is meant by 'normal flow' (2nd paragraph) here http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Sign-in-with-Twitter 3) PIN handshake My assumption is that the extra PIN handshake is ONLY necessary for what I understand to be desktop clients (ie #1 above) So 'Sign in with Twitter' for a web-based application shouldn't require the extra PIN handshake. Am I correct? Thanks for any feedback on the above!
