I know very little of oauth. I understand its work-flow in a consumer- service provider scenario. Here I am trying to make orkut allow an external server gain access to a user profile so that it (the external server) can post to its activity stream. I don't know which is the service provider, or which is the consumer here. Another thing is oauth...I am not sure how oauth should play here?
The workflow I intend for the app I am trying to build goes like this: 1. The user adds the application from the app directory 2. He is directed to a form (view) which collects details and asks him to allow this external server to post to the activity stream 3. Lets say he chooses 'Yes' and submits. That is the end of the users interaction with this orkut application. The rest of the work is to be done by the external server. This server is like a middle man. Actually the user posts to another site. The external service polls to see if the user has posted anything new. If yes, it should relay that information to that user's activity stream. 2 areas I want some guidance: a) in the orkut app what should happen when the user chooses a yes and submits? b) in the external server, once it has determined that a new post has been posted, how will it post to the user's activity stream? I realize that there is some oauth-stuff coming into the picture in the above two points. What are they? Thanx in advance. --deostroll PS: I am aware opensocial developers are on IRC. What hours are they online (in GMT)? Are they available on sundays too? Or specifically what days in a weeks are they on IRC? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
