Exactly how you register on each 3 legged OAuth supporting container kind of varies per container, however with 3 legged OAuth you are *not* limited to whom ever installed your app, instead you make the requests on a per-user-context bases (ie: their access key/secret combo).
Why containers want you to register is so that they can have an internal administration of "this consumer key and secret belongs to this developer", and if a developer starts doing things that are not allowed (spamming, phishing attempts, etc), they can disable the consumer token/key associated with that developer, and thus block him. So that doesn't have anything to do with being tied to a social gadget, it's just a registration thing. Ps, the containers that currently support 3 legged oauth are: MySpace Netlog Hi5 (though they sometimes bug out on the redirection fase) Plaxo (currently only supports the PortableContacts ie /people interface, though that's likely to be expanded later this year) oh and twitter does too btw (as non opensocial container, they have their own API) Support on Orkut and many other containers is in the works, so expect this list to expand a good bit as the year progresses. -- Chris On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:31 AM, raji <narniraj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you. I am going for the 3-legged oauth. I found out that MySpace > supports it. But even there I need to have a consumer key and consumer > secret. Does this mean that I can create any sample app on MySpace and > get consumer key & secret and use them to access any user public > profiles? Or Am I again restricted to those set of users who are suing > this sample App? > > Thanks, > Rajesh. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
