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diff --git a/docs/source/api/oauth.rst b/docs/source/api/oauth.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..003ad492 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/api/oauth.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.. MediaGoblin Documentation + + Written in 2011, 2012 by MediaGoblin contributors + + To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all + copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to + the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without + any warranty. + + You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain + Dedication along with this software. If not, see + <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. + +============== +Authentication +============== + +GNU MediaGoblin uses OAuth1 to authenticate requests to the API. There are many +libraries out there for OAuth1, you're likely not going to have to do much. There +is a library for the GNU MediaGoblin called `PyPump <https://github.com/xray7224/PyPump>`_. +We are not using OAuth2 as we want to stay completely compatable with GNU MediaGoblin. + + +We use :doc:`client_register` to get the client ID and secret. + +Endpoints +--------- + +These are the endpoints you need to use for the oauth requests: + +`/oauth/request_token` is for getting the request token. + +`/oauth/authorize` is to send the user to to authorize your application. + +`/oauth/access_token` is for getting the access token to use in requests. + |