Comments on: Using OAuth-enabled APIs with CakePHP

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:35:21 +0000

@Julius: Yes, it still works (at least it is working with the Twitter API).

Yes, OpenSSL not working could be a reason that the OAuth stuff doesn’t work. Do you get some errors? And what API do you try to use?

By: Julius Hermosura

Julius Hermosura — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:51:35 +0000

Is this still working today?
And also my openssl is not working. Is it the problem why I couldn’t make it work?

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:19:57 +0000

@Kamy: No problem, it is good to hear it is working now :)

By: Kamy

Kamy — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:47:55 +0000

Thanks for your comment. I solved it. Because I forgot enable SSL in php.ini. Sorry !!! I’m very glad for your help. Thank you

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:43:06 +0000

@Kamy: Hm, your code looks ok. Can you add the following snippet after the call to the getRequestToken() method?

debug($this->OauthConsumer->getFullResponse());
exit;

What output do you get?

By: Kamy

Kamy — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:28:38 +0000

I use this component for twitter and it very good. But when I use it for yahoo, I can't get requestToken, it always return null. Can you show me the code to use this component for yahoo ? My code here


function yahoo() {
        $requestUrl = 'https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_token';
        $requestToken = $this->OauthConsumer->getRequestToken('Yahoo', $requestUrl,'yahoo_callback');
        
        $this->Session->write('requestToken', $requestToken);
        $this->redirect('https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/request_auth?oauth_token='.$requestToken->key);
    }

$requestToken is always null !!!. My consumer:

Thanks for component. It's very useful !!!

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:37:16 +0000

@cakebaker: Alright, thanks. We are in the US. It would be in the students aup that they have to sign and their parents have to sign before they get an email address. It would only be used if an incident happens like harassment or bullying. Thanks for letting me know that it isn’t what I am looking for.

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:21:31 +0000

@Ken: I don’t think OAuth is what you are looking for. With OAuth, a student would have to give your app access to his mailbox, so you can’t access the mailbox without their consent. And depending on the country you live in, it might be even illegal to access someone’s mailbox without their consent…

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:27:14 +0000

Hello, I have a Google Apps for Education account and we are going to be using it for the students.We have already setup Single Sign On to connect to Active Directory and we want to be able to view the students emails without there consent if a harassment case comes up or something. Am I heading in the right direction with the info here? Any help to guide me in the right direction.

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:05:31 +0000

@amjedonline: Hm, so it works with some browsers, but not with others? In which browsers do you encounter issues? On which platform are you? And which CakePHP version do you use?

Here on Linux with Cake v1.3.2 it works fine with FF 3.6.8 and Chrome 5.0.375.125 if the security level is set to “low”.