Web 2.0: The How Of OAuth

Slide 1: The How of OAuth OAuth Hackathon – 4/26 @ Six Apart http://icanhaz.com/oauth

Slide 2: The How of OAuth or: How I learned to stop worrying and fall in love with Factory Joe

Slide 3: OAuth’s Goal • Website X can access your protected data at API Y – All without sharing your password off-site – especially when there isn’t one like with OpenID

Slide 4: OAuth gives you: • Signed HTTP Requests • Safe, Password-less Token Exchange

Slide 5: The Three Actors • User – My Buddy (not me) • Service Provider – Chuck E. Cheese • Consumer – 10 yr old kids

Slide 6: The Three Tokens • Access Tokens – Chuck E. Cheese Tickets • Request Tokens – Chuck E. Cheese Tokens • Consumer Keys

Slide 7: The Three URLS • Request T