I haven't worked with the Yahoo API but I have worked with other APIs that required a hmac-sha1 signature and this function was invaluable. You'll likely need it as some point.
http://www.coldfusiondeveloper.com.au/go/note/2008/01/18/hmac-sha1-using-java/ - Gabriel On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jeff Gladnick <jeff.gladn...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I've scoured google for hours now and cannot seem to find what I am looking > for. > > I am trying to build a library to connect to Yahoo's API and import > contacts via their REST API using oAuth. > > I have the oAuth authentication done and working, but the final step, > making the API request won't seem to work no matter what I do. > > 1) This is how yahoo says I must make API calls: > http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-make-request.html > > The problem is is requires me to generate an hmac-sha1 signature, and I am > unsure of how to go about doing this, or what variables must be used to > construct it? > > Can anyone explain this to me? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344790 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
