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Can we make OAuth work from applications on mobile phones where there is no browser available?
Without a browser, is it still possible for a user to approve the token requests (so that the consumer can proceed to fetch the protected resources from the service provider)?
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Inappropriate?Yes. Unlike OpenID, OAuth can work without a browser. Read this post for some ideas:
http://www.hueniverse.com/hueniverse/...
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Inappropriate?I have same problem. I have read the post but it requires that the Oauth developers have to take some action to modify the Oauth core 1.0 to enable it to support authentication in mobile application. Correct me if I am wrong.
Because, I have seen many mobile application which supports twitter based authentication and Twitter use Oauth for this. For example:
http://www.twittermobile.co.uk/screen...1 Comment Add a comment
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I don't think that you have to modify the core protocol — you just need to use some out of band method to get the token to the user... you could use email, SMS or even a phone call (we are talking about a phone after all).
It may not be an optimal experience, but the idea is essentially to not enter user credentials directly into the app — or if you do, that those credentials be revokable by the user when managing their account with the service provider. -
Inappropriate?I just found an example of creating a desktop application using Oauth:
http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/...
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Inappropriate?Of course you can do that without browser. I am playing a little bit around with OAuth applications now, but I would suggest that there is just a waste of time. There are plenty ways of creating desktop applications without Oauth, you should try them.
Sincerely,
Tim Tacker from mobile application development1 Comment Add a comment
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I'd be curious to know which specific approaches you'd recommend?
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