Thanks for the reply. My callback URL is a servlet. I can get all the session info there. How do I then call a javascript to close the child window and forward the parent window? I am not sure how do I go to client side from the servlet.
On Mar 15, 1:35 pm, Michael Steuer <mste...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's better ways of doing this actually, that doesn't require polling of > any kind... > > In your pop up, when Twitter redirects to your callback URL: > > - process the Oauth tokens etc so that your user's session is authenticated > - set the parents window location to whereever it needs to go (logged in > view of your app), using window.opener.location.href = "whatever" > - close the popup (window.close) > > On 3/15/10 5:58 AM, "Taylor Singletary" <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> > wrote: > > > You can't accomplish it exactly the way you want to, but you can do this: > > > 1) Set the OAuth callback to a URL that's still on your domain, > > something specific that's purpose is only to collect the callback > > details and quickly return a 200 status. > > 2) In your parent window, occasionally poll the status of the child > > window -- when it's on Twitter.com you won't have access to its > > window.location. > > 3) When the window.location is on your callback URL and the same > > domain as the parent window, you'll be able to close the pop-up window > > and then change the state of the originating window in turn. > > > Taylor Singletary > > Developer Advocate, Twitter > >http://twitter.com/episod > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:50 AM, deb123 <debolina....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am trying to open the "Accept/Deny" window in a new window. I want > >> the callback to come back to the parent window. If I use window.open, > >> I get the pop up but the callback comes back to the child window. I > >> want the child window to close when the use hits the Accept or Deny > >> and the callback to come to the parent window. > >> How do I make this happen? > >> Thanks, > >> D
