So, in a nutshell, this would be useful for Apps such as Seemic/ Tweetdeck/Ubertwitter/Tweetie: you download the app and after the user sets the User&Password and hit login, the App asks Twitter for the Access Tokens. From that moment, you may use oAuth methods to update the user's twitter status.
On Apr 17, 4:37 pm, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Keep in mind that xAuth usage is restricted and not available for web > applications. > > Access tokens work the same whether they are acquired using using using the > standard OAuth flow of getting a request token, sending the user to > Twitter.com, and exchanging the request token for an access token or the > xAuth flow of directly exchanging password for access token. > > XAuth works by passing a users screen_name and password directly to the > access_token endpoint without an accompanying request token. > > Abraham > > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 13:07, aztroboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Abraham. I would also like to know if I'm right here: > > imagine a "signin with twitter" + register website for a twitterfeed- > > like App. Basically xAuth needs the user credentials to ask > >http://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_tokenand retrieve the Access > > Tokens. So, would this replace the "request tokens" that would > > redirect the user to twitter and then back to the app (oAuth)?. Will I > > still be able to use the previous oAuth methods (I'm using a java > > library) with the tokens that I receive with the xAuth registration? > > > Thanks! > > > On Apr 17, 1:18 pm, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > XAuth adds a method for exchanging credentials to the existing OAuth > > > methods. Without Oauth xAuth would not work so no. > > > > Abraham > > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:28, aztroboy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would like to know if oAuth is still going to be accepted and used > > > > or if it's goinf to be replaced by xAuth? > > > > > -- > > > > Subscription settings: > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en > > > > -- > > > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire |http://abrah.am > > > PoseurTech Labs | Projects |http://labs.poseurtech.com > > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private. > > -- > Abraham Williams | Developer for hire |http://abrah.am > PoseurTech Labs | Projects |http://labs.poseurtech.com > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
