Ok, sorry, I read your last sentence wrong so my first sentence doesn't make sense ...
One more thing: Using an Access Token the Consumer can make any number of requests as long as that token is valid. 2009/11/2 Lukas Rosenstock <l...@lukasrosenstock.net> > Hi Melvin, > > yes, the Access Token is used to access the permissioned resource directly, > but I would not say "just" access because this is the purpose of OAuth, > right?! > > The Provider has some resources (data, functionality etc.) exposed through > webservice APIs, which are related to a particular user (e.g. contain this > user's personal details). Every request that directly goes from the Consumer > to the Provider - a server-to-server request in which the user's browser is > not involved - carries an OAuth signature. This signature contains the > Access Token so that the Provider can verify that the user has actually > given his consent to share the data with the Consumer. > > Hope that helped! > > Regards, > Lukas > > 2009/10/31 Melvin Carvalho <melvincarva...@gmail.com> > > >> Hi All >> >> I hope this is not too much of a beginner question. >> >> I've been reading through the OAuth spec and I was wondering what the >> role of the access token is. >> >> It seems to me after stage 6.2 http://oauth.net/core/1.0a#auth_step2 >> >> 1. The Service Provider has authorized the Consumer >> 2. The Service Provider has verified the Consumer >> >> Why then does the consumer need an access token, rather than just >> accessed the permissioned resource directly. >> >> Thanks >> Melvin >> >> >> >> > > > -- > http://lukasrosenstock.net/ > -- http://lukasrosenstock.net/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OAuth" group. To post to this group, send email to oauth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to oauth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oauth?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
