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Need API to provide Client app details, given a client_id #242

Open kosso opened 11 years ago

kosso commented 11 years ago

I have an urgent need for an API to be able to retrieve the details of a client app (the 'App Object'?) when given a client_id

This is for a service being developed where devs can register their apps to provide their apps and customers with extra specific functionality.

(I've said too much) :)

Possibly related: it would also be great to have an API to access and list the apps in the App.net App Directory categories. https://github.com/appdotnet/api-spec/issues/234

berg commented 11 years ago

Maybe just automate the delegate flow somehow? The only details you'd get are name/URL, and you could just retrieve those by having the user generate a delegate token for your app and verifying it.

kosso commented 11 years ago

Yes. After thinking more about this, I'm now using the delegate flow for what I need in this particular case in the system I'm building.

And getting a dev to generate a delegate token is exactly what I'm asking them to do now. :D

If they can't get that far, then the system I'm building (to allow a dev to register an app with my service) will be pretty useless anyway ;)

On 3 December 2012 18:20, Bryan Berg notifications@github.com wrote:

Maybe just automate the delegate flow somehow? The only details you'd get are name/URL, and you could just retrieve those by having the user generate a delegate token for your app and verifying it.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/appdotnet/api-spec/issues/242#issuecomment-10964602.

kosso commented 11 years ago

More thoughts on this (since making some more progress on my system) :

It would be nice if the app data (name, client_id, link) supplied by /stream/0/token also contained the user_id of the dev who created the app.

(Since my system requires a developer to 'register' an app, it would be useful to know if it was their app - despite the possible lack of usefulness to anyone else without a client secret if an app isn't theirs)

K

On 3 December 2012 19:14, Kosso kosso1@gmail.com wrote:

Yes. After thinking more about this, I'm now using the delegate flow for what I need in this particular case in the system I'm building.

And getting a dev to generate a delegate token is exactly what I'm asking them to do now. :D

If they can't get that far, then the system I'm building (to allow a dev to register an app with my service) will be pretty useless anyway ;)

On 3 December 2012 18:20, Bryan Berg notifications@github.com wrote:

Maybe just automate the delegate flow somehow? The only details you'd get are name/URL, and you could just retrieve those by having the user generate a delegate token for your app and verifying it.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/appdotnet/api-spec/issues/242#issuecomment-10964602.