Hi Andrew,
On May 27, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Andrew W. Donoho wrote:
> My question: Am I in error? Does Twitter return a different callback value
> for the "No, Thanks" case. If not, I humbly request that Twitter add this
> important, for a better user experience, notification.
We actually do have a simple callback format for when the user denies access.
It's not an automatic redirect, but we've always provided a link for users back
into the app.
It works like this:
When a user doesn't click authorize they go to a screen informing them either
that the application does not have access to their account, or that the
application *does* still have access to the account (if they choose ‘Cancel’ on
the `/authenticate` flow for an already authorized, for example.) This callback
is the same URL as for the success case, but returns without an
`oauth_verifier` parameter (since there isn't one) and with an additional
`denied` parameter, in which we pass the value of the `oauth_token` that the
request was originally made with.
Now, on the cancellation pages as your currently see them there's a link back
to the app that is neither big enough or obvious enough for users to respond
to. Therefore, we already have a design tweak implemented for next week that
makes it a much clearer “Return to {{Application}}” button on the denied and
cancel screens. Nothing is changing about the callback structure itself, which
you can already access for testing.
This should keep both ends of the flow hooked into all kinds of apps. As ever,
let us know if there's ways we can improve it for you; I'm particularly
interested in suggestions of extra data to send through in that callback to
improve the feedback in apps.
Thanks,
Ben
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