Re: [tlug] Can I get someone to hold my hand with all this oAuth stuff?

[Martin G <ebisumartin@example.com>]

Darren, Shmuel,

Thank you for responding!

Darren, I'll contact you off list about details.

Shmuel,

Thanks for the tips and advice. I think this time I really do need a
sit down with someone, though.

-- 
Dave M G

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Shmuel Fomberg <owner@example.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin.
>
> I wrote something that used the Facebook API, and used this page:
> http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/
>
> forgot that it is oauth, just sent requests step-by-step following the
> server-flow, and it simply worked.
> If you follow the flow, then you should probably request offline-access,
> and set the access-token in your site.
>
> Or maybe go for the client flow, and do all the posting work with JS?
> could be easier.
> (haven't used that)
>
> Shmuel.
>
> On 2011/09/12 18:31, Martin G wrote:
>> TLUG,
>>
>> A little while back, I had this fantastic idea for setting up a PHP
>> script that would take some text and post it to Facebook, Twitter, and
>> to a mailing list, thus consolidating all the different ways I
>> communicate to people with various groups I run. (Not fantastic in the
>> sense that this is a new idea, but fantastic in the sense that if I
>> could set this it up, it would save me a lot of work in the long run)
>>
>> However, I'm running into a lot of problems with the whole oAuth
>> process and getting my apps authenticated for Facebook and Twitter.
>>
>> I don't think the problems I'm having are big, and all the tutorials
>> make it seem like it should be easy. However, the reality has been
>> much more fuzzy.
>>
>> Ordinarily, in a situation like this, I would try some stuff, narrow
>> down the issues to a question that I can post here or Stack Overflow
>> or somewhere, and then hopefully based on that answer progress to a
>> solution or the next clear problem.
>>
>> However, this whole process is kind of nebulous. I've got a bunch of
>> PHP scripts that should work, I have registered my apps, so they
>> should be authenticated, I have a pile of layers that in theory should
>> be set up, and yet it's not working. Somewhere. Somehow.
>>
>> I feel this could be sorted in an hour or less, so long as one knew
>> where to look.
>>
>> What I'm wondering if there is someone in the Tokyo area who has
>> experience with authenticating apps with Twitter and/or Facebook who I
>> could sit down with and give me a bit of a lesson and assistance. I
>> mean, interaction doesn't always have to be by email, does it?
>>
>> Time would be paid for. Coffee would be bought. Good times by all.
>>
>> Can anyone give me a little assistance in a face to face manner?
>>
>
>
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