ah ha! I do have a class based on OAuthAccount working but it never occurred to me to build 'sideways' and plug LinkedIn into my solution.
I'll give it a go. thanks for responding. On Nov 15, 9:52 pm, Michele Comitini <[email protected]> wrote: > Never tested, just a suggestion write something similar in your model > (see:http://code.google.com/r/michelecomitini-facebookaccess/source/browse... > > class LinkedinTest(OAuthAccount): > def get_user(self): > if self.accessToken() is not None: > client = oauth.Client(self.consumer, self.accessToken()) > resp, content = > client.request('https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(id,first-name,last-name)') > if resp['status'] != '200': > # cannot get user info. should check status > return None > x = dom.parseString(content) > firstname = > x.getElementsByTagName('first-name')[0].firstChild.data > username = firstname + ' ' > +x.getElementsByTagName('last-name')[0].firstChild.data > uid = x.getElementsByTagName('id')[0].firstChild.data > return dict(username=username, name=firstname, > registration_id=uid) > > auth.settings.login_form=LinkedinTest(globals(),CLIENT_ID,CLIENT_SECRET, > AUTH_URL, TOKEN_URL, ACCESS_TOKEN_URL) > > api = LinkedIn(api_key, api_secret, callback_url) > > api.access_token=auth.settings.login_form.accessToken() > > now you should be able to use the linkedin api, skipping the OAuth > code embedded into it. > > 2010/11/15 Carl <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone got gluon/contrib/login_methods/linked_account.py working? > > > I've built directly upon /gluon/contrib/login_methods/ > > oauth10a_account.py with my own specific LinkedIn code but having > > foundhttp://code.google.com/p/python-linkedin/I wanted to use this > > to avoid reinventing the wheel (Özgür Vatansever's linkedin.py looks > > clean and has broad support for LinkedIn's API). > > > But, linkedin.py doesn't look finished; for example: > > (from web2py 1.89.1) > > > Line 43. > > result = self.request.vars.verifier > > > The vars variable sets 'oauth_verifier' on returning from the LinkedIn > > website but not 'verifier'. > > > Anyone tread this path?
