Gadgets and Dashboards 2.0 : Providing User Authentication for Gadgets
This page last changed on Jul 27, 2009 by smaddox.
This page is an overview of user authentication in gadgets. There is another topic on using the authentication mechanism provided by the Atlassian Gadgets JavaScript Framework. To cover:
Introduction to OAuthThe central principle behind the OAuth protocol is: For example, if a user puts a JIRA Issues gadget onto their iGoogle page, they should not need to enter their JIRA username and password into iGoogle. RELATED TOPICSUsing Authentication in your Gadget |
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