2012
2010
2009
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Official Google Data APIs Blog: Bringing OpenID and OAuth Together
2008
XTech 2008: Advanced OAuth Wrangling — IDEAlliance
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OAuth support for Google Accounts and Contacts API - OAuth | Google Groups
We are happy to announce that the Google Contacts Data API now supports OAuth. This is our first step towards OAuth enabling all Google Data APIs.
that is either great or scary.
2007
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Implementor's Draft: OAuth Core 1.0 Draft 4
The OAuth protocol enables websites or applications (Consumers) to access Protected Resources from a web service (Service Provider) via an API, without requiring Users to disclose their Service Provider credentials to the Consumers.
It's about time.
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OAuth — An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.
An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.
an OpenID for APIs, need some investigations