Question about OAuth Discovery

[Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

my question is for Brian (who is the expert on this), im developing the new
way to get OAuth works defined here
http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-and-gadgets-spec/browse_frm/thread/a1ce63eecfb21cad&sa=D&usg=ALhdy2-tUxagajVfd0hx98L5CubK3S340Qand
im just wondering how it exactly will work on shindig, so, if we have
more than one service provider, it means like if some service provider
doesnt work, it will try with the other?, or why exactly we'll have more
than one?, thats the point i couldnt fully understand. And when you says
that it will be more automatized, what that means?, thanks in advance.

Regards

G.-

Re: Question about OAuth Discovery

[Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com>]

gotcha!
gadgets.io.RequestParameters.OAUTH_SERVICE_NAME The nickname the gadget uses
to refer to the OAuth <Service> element from its XML spec. If unspecified,
defaults to "".Thanks for everything Brian!

Regards!

G.-

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Brian Eaton <be...@google.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have the last question (i hope), how the gadget know which one of those
> > service providers to choose?.
>
> The gadget author specifies their choice with an extra parameter to
> makeRequest.  I don't remember the name of the parameter off the top
> of my head, but it's in the opensocial-0.8 documentation.
>

Re: Question about OAuth Discovery

[Brian Eaton <be...@google.com>]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the last question (i hope), how the gadget know which one of those
> service providers to choose?.

The gadget author specifies their choice with an extra parameter to
makeRequest.  I don't remember the name of the parameter off the top
of my head, but it's in the opensocial-0.8 documentation.

Re: Question about OAuth Discovery

[Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com>]

I have the last question (i hope), how the gadget know which one of those
service providers to choose?.

Thanks!

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Brian Eaton <be...@google.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > im just wondering how it exactly will work on shindig, so, if we have
> > more than one service provider, it means like if some service provider
> > doesnt work, it will try with the other?, or why exactly we'll have more
> > than one?, thats the point i couldnt fully understand. And when you says
> > that it will be more automatized, what that means?, thanks in advance.
>
> Multiple service providers are so that a gadget can fetch data from
> more than one service provider.  For example, you could mashup a
> user's contact information from one service provider with their
> calendar from another service provider.
>
> Automation: there is an OAuth discovery specification that will
> eliminate the need for gadget authors to know the three OAuth URLs.
> The spec is linked from here: http://wiki.oauth.net/Discovery
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>

Re: Question about OAuth Discovery

[Brian Eaton <be...@google.com>]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Gonzalo Aune <go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> im just wondering how it exactly will work on shindig, so, if we have
> more than one service provider, it means like if some service provider
> doesnt work, it will try with the other?, or why exactly we'll have more
> than one?, thats the point i couldnt fully understand. And when you says
> that it will be more automatized, what that means?, thanks in advance.

Multiple service providers are so that a gadget can fetch data from
more than one service provider.  For example, you could mashup a
user's contact information from one service provider with their
calendar from another service provider.

Automation: there is an OAuth discovery specification that will
eliminate the need for gadget authors to know the three OAuth URLs.
The spec is linked from here: http://wiki.oauth.net/Discovery

Cheers,
Brian