Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API
These suggestions posted in connection with this lj_dev discussion: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/817228.html
Title
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API
Short, concise description of the idea
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API, such as OAuth
Full description of the idea
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API
As brought up in http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=998808 sometimes you want to let other sites post on your behalf without giving them your password. (OpenID seems a little no-no to me for this, but YMMV.) OAuth is what all the cool kids are using. Make it so!
An ordered list of benefits
Title
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API
Short, concise description of the idea
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API, such as OAuth
Full description of the idea
Allow non-password authentication when posting via ATOM API
As brought up in http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=998808 sometimes you want to let other sites post on your behalf without giving them your password. (OpenID seems a little no-no to me for this, but YMMV.) OAuth is what all the cool kids are using. Make it so!
An ordered list of benefits
- Less of users giving their passwords to possibly untrusted third party applications
- Better compatibility with the rest of the blogosphere
- More love for the ATOM API
- This API has not been high on LJ's priority list