On 7 Oct 2009, at 07:09, Karl Guggisberg wrote: >> Probably right although I'm sure a way can be found to save the >> user from having to cut+paste the token. > I'm afraid, it can't. If JOSM was a web application, it would be > part of the OAuth protocol that the OSM > website "calls back" JOSM with the request token. For a java rich > client this is isn't possible. > > But wait a minute, don't we a have a remote control plugin which is > "called back" by the OSM web site? Yes, sort of. > We would need > - the OSM page which generates the request token to include a link > <a href="http://localhost:8888/oauth-request-token>Click to import > the request token into JOSM</a> > - JOSM to listen on port 8888 for such requests (similar to the > remote plugin) > > This would be slightly less complicated from the users point of view > but it's still not seamless. > The user explicitly has to click on the link.
The callback url could be http://localhost:8888/oauth-request-token thus taken straight to the application. Or the page could have a http refresh meta html element to head to the above url. Shaun _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
