APIs

TODO: Why APIs are important? ... well, because they bring a lot of power of external applications and some also bring users too.

Links

Authentication

• http://oauth.net/
• Towards OAuth2 Pastures - Meetup.com's use of OAuth2

Supported in Startup API

Simplified OAuth calls

Startup API support simplified OAuth calls on behalf of the user for providers that subclass OAuthAuthenticationModule. Here's the code from Status.Net sample client:

$statusnet_creds = $current_user->getUserCredentials('statusnet');
$result = $statusnet_creds->makeOAuthRequest($statusnet_APIRootURL.'/statuses/friends.json', 'GET');