The Quickstart guide is accessible without logging in.

https://www.simpleauth.com/docs/quickstart

I would give it a shot, but this is beyond me...

On Apr 27, 10:52 am, Tom Atkins <minkto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Their documentation is available after signing up (very easy as you can use
> your Google (etc) account).  There's a very clear step by step PHP example
> inside. Sorry I don't have time to look into this for web2py just now.
>
> On 27 April 2011 15:47, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > If they have php examples, chances are it works like janrain. It
> > should be possible to modify
>
> >   gluon/contrib/login_methods/rpx_account.py
>
> > and just change the URLs and variable names in there.
> > If you could start working on this it would be great. If you want me
> > to take a look, it would save me time if you could point me to the php
> > example.
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Apr 27, 9:40 am, Tom Atkins <minkto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just emailed SImpleAuth support and got this reply back from Mike
> > (which
> > > he agreed I could post here):
>
> > > -----------------
>
> > > "We completely understand the concerns. The founders (I'm one of them)
> > are
> > > all developers and we built SimpleAuth because it's just what we needed
> > as
> > > well. Every developer needs this at some point for most sites.
>
> > > I can't go much into the specifics just yet, but we've got some pretty
> > neat
> > > stuff in the pipeline that will be the revenue driver, but the
> > > SSO/Sharing/Contacts will always be free in their full glory.
> > > SimpleAuth also addresses a major issue with the largest commercial
> > player
> > > in the market -- the fact that with other services, your provider API
> > Keys
> > > are tied to their domain (YOURNAME.THEIRDOMAIN.COM). With SimpleAuth,
> > you
> > > create a CNAME and all the API Keys from the providers are tied to your
> > > domain. Should the unthinkable happen, you won't be left out in the cold
> > > asking your users to re-register.
> > > We're like the SimpleGeo of SSO/sharing/contacts.
> > > I'm aware that the answer is a bit vague, but that's all I can share at
> > the
> > > moment about what's coming in the future.
> > > If you have questions during implementation, feel free to shoot us an
> > email
> > > (our only support method at this time) and we'll be glad to help.
>
> > > And, to alleviate the concerns about grabbing passwords, "villas" is
> > > absolutely correct - no password is ever entered by anyone on SimpleAuth
> > (or
> > > sites that integrate SimpleAuth). Users are always redirected to the
> > > selected provider and everything from that point forward happens with the
> > > beautiful token dance.
>
> > > If I'm not overextending my welcome... There's sample code on the site in
> > > PHP. If anyone from your community comes up with wrappers, sample code,
> > etc
> > > for web2py... though we can't "officially" support it, we'd be happy to
> > set
> > > up a wiki or forum for that to be shared with future users, too."
>
> > > -----------
>
> > > All sounds pretty good to me!
>
> > > On 27 April 2011 11:35, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Your password should only be entered into the authentication site,
> > > > e.g. if you log in via Google you should only enter your password into
> > > > a browser window which shows a Google url.
>
> > > > On Apr 27, 9:57 am, stefaan <stefaan.hi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I just came across this site: simpleauth.com, its a Janrain
> > > > > > alternative that allows for 3rd party authentication on websites,
> > and
> > > > > > the best part of it is that its totally free.
>
> > > > > Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but how do we know it's not just
> > > > > collecting people's
> > > > > passwords?

Reply via email to