I poked around Seesmic Look a little and this is what I found: http://the.hackerconundrum.com/2010/02/sneak-peek-at-twitters-browserless.html
Abraham On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 14:24, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> wrote: > Zach, > > There's a soon to be published API method where you can silently get > the OAuth tokens when you have the account's Twitter username and > password, meaning the user does not experience any of the normal OAuth > flow. > > I presume that Seesmic just got early access to that method. > > So, in this case, user-to-app requires Basic Auth credentials, but app- > to-Twitter uses OAuth once the app has obtained the tokens with the > new method. > > On Feb 4, 4:21 pm, Zac Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, what magic is this? > > > > I'm confused. It takes username and password but then uses OAuth? > > > > I wonder if they are injecting the username/password into the OAuth form > on > > the page. > > > > Twitter should really randomize that page or require captcha or > something. > > > > Zac Bowling > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Raffi, > > > > > Have you tried it? There is no OAuth flow. I.e., the user types in his > > > Twitter username and password. That's it. > > > > > If it is indeed using OAuth, does that mean that the background > > > requesting of tokens when you have the Twitter credentials is now > > > available? Meaning, I can also now use it to convert all existing > > > Twitter accounts to OAuth in one fell swoop? > > > > > On Feb 3, 3:02 pm, Raffi Krikorian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > seesmic look, i believe, is using oauth talking to api.twitter.com. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Raffi, > > > > > > > What's going on here? > > > > > > > Your credibility is at stake here. You've been telling us in many > > > > > posts that new apps must use OAuth to get a source attribution, and > > > > > only old grandfathered apps have source attribution with Basic > Auth. > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 11:18 pm, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > At first I thought they must have changed the old Seesmic source > to > > > > > > Seesmic Look. > > > > > > > > But no. > > > > > > > > Here's a recent tweet from Seesmic: > > > > >http://twitter.com/CathyBrooks/status/8570217879 > > > > > > > > And here's a recent one from Seesmic Look: > > > > >http://twitter.com/adamse/status/8565271563 > > > > > > > > Seesmic Look uses Basic Auth. > > > > > > > > Does anyone else spot Mt Everest on this level playing field of > ours? > > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 10:41 pm, Pedro Junior <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > *Seesmic Look is old? > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > Pedro Junior > > > > > > > > > 2010/2/2 Lukas Müller <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > Only old apps can do this. New apps cannot use it. > > > > > > -- > > > > Raffi Krikorian > > > > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/raffi > -- Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
