Netflix API Developer Blog

Introducing the Netflix Authentication Walk-Through

Having trouble getting one of the steps in the OAuth Dance exactly right? The Netflix Authentication Walk-Through is here to help. Through the magic of copy-and-paste, the Walk-Through will guide you from your first token request all the way through to adding, changing, and deleting live user queue items. There's nothing to install on your end; everything works from your browser, with nothing to install or manage.

The Walk-Through is also useful for testing. You'll be able to use your own application's callback, if you like. You'll be able to view your signed URLs all the way through the process, which is especially handy if you're having trouble understanding (or rolling your own) OAuth library.

5 Comments

  1. Joseph Smarr – 7 months ago

    Kent-love it, great job! This sort of thing is so handy. BTW, I thought Mashery was going to add some APIs so you didn't have to burden the consumer with handling application_name or user_id in the flow. If not, I would push for that so you have a more vanilla OAuth dance. Also, there's some sort of JavaScript error on the auth page (button not defined?) that's probably a quick-fix. But overall, looking great, and we're certainly very satisfied with the API at Plaxo!

  2. Michael Hart – 7 months ago

    Joseph, Mashery's OAuth tweak is coming any day now. We can't wait to get it either.

  3. Kent Brewster – 7 months ago

    Thanks, Joseph; will fix the button.

  4. dhchoi – 6 months ago

    A big thank you Michael and team. This sandbox tool was very helpful when I was building the new OAuth based features of instantwatcher.com. OAuth is really intricate and this is a great aid for developers.

  5. Michael Hart – 6 months ago

    I'm glad it worked well for you. Mr. Brewster deserves all the credit.

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