I am new to this OAuth stuff, and I have been trying to just experiment with the API to see what it yields before I go much farther down this path. I wish to form a single string that could just be pasted into a browser address bar and contains all the necessary info to get results for say: "Sports" on

I have found this oddly difficult due to a complete lack of examples to interact with the BOSS API in this fashion:http://yboss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/limitedweb?q=sports&sites=gamefly.com&start=0&format=xml&api_key=[My Consumer Key]

In my nave world this should be returning an xml file with 50 search results. What am I missing? It either can't do this like some API's I have seen or I am just hitting some form of red tape here. Any help would be appreciated.

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I have same problem. yql doesn't return user email if the profile is private, even if the application is set to require private information about user's profile.

Actually I'm getting that as well, I asked the question again here: http://developer.yahoo.com/forum/OAuth-General-Discussion-YDN-SDKs/simpleauth-php-errors/1368049155659-d0a85393-00f1-4b71-94fa-5fb0de0f5584?msg=1

I'm teaching myself how to work with the Yahoo PHP SDK, and while I'm working with simpleauth.php I'm getting the following error:Sorry! There is an error with the request we received from the website you are trying to use.Please try again in a few minutes. If this error persists please contact the site administrator.

I've double checked all the entries for the oauth info etc., and everything is where it should.Has anyone encountered this issue?

Please reach out to the Geo/BOSS team: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ysearchboss/

Is my Yahoo application ID the same as my consumer key?

hi,

I have created project on yahoo/apis and given access to public data facing the same issue.How to check key is registered to access user data or not.Please help

ThanksRita Saluja

A related question;

After one has set up a project with a consumer key and a consumer secret, can one add a 2nd domain to the project (which in my case is a staging website for testing with a separate URL and domain) and still use the same consumer key and consumer secret?

Or must one have two projects for two domains?

Thanks

When one sets up an oAuth project, it points to your live website, which makes sense.The callback sends the Oauth Token and the Oauth verifier to the live website, which then sends another token back to Yahoo.

But I would like to develop and test it ideally in my development environment. To achieve this I guess that I would need to set up IIS and serve the website from my development computer, as well as supplying a fixed IP as my project domain. This seems a bit convoluted.Is there a recommended way of developing and testing an Oauth setup?

Thanks

Hello,

Boss Geo service works inconsistently for me. When I search by ZIP (location=78682) it works fine. But when I search for "location=San+Francisco,+CA" (a sample from the docs: http://developer.yahoo.com/boss/geo/docs/examples-placefinder.html ) it returns

Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"

I'm using Signpost for OAuth. To see HTTP traffic details I used Wireshark and recreated the requests via curl. Here is a sample of the working request:

curl --header "Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key=\"dj0yJmk9SGhWa2N5NUVZWloxJmQ9WVdrOU1HazRiek5sTnpRbWNHbzlNVFV6T0RJM01URTJNZy0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD01MA--\", oauth_nonce=\"-4312704860548758906\", oauth_signature=\"iRUNOekUexVxFqYvODv2lgzQp0U%3D\", oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\", oauth_timestamp=\"1367142034\", oauth_version=\"1.0\"" ""

{"bossresponse":{"responsecode":"200","placefinder":{"start":"0","count":"1","request":"flags=CJ&location=78682","results":[{"quality":"60","latitude":"30.500626","longitude":"-97.630246","offsetlat":"30.509041","offsetlon":"-97.677223","radius":"6900"}]}}}

And a non-working request:

curl --header "Authorization: OAuth oauth_consumer_key=\"dj0yJmk9SGhWa2N5NUVZWloxJmQ9WVdrOU1HazRiek5sTnpRbWNHbzlNVFV6T0RJM01URTJNZy0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD01MA--\", oauth_nonce=\"5187912265673636040\", oauth_signature=\"Pi7r8yjjhXP%2FRK%2F%2Fs4SI0dnbFCA%3D\", oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\", oauth_timestamp=\"1367142147\", oauth_version=\"1.0\"" ",+CA&flags=J"

''  'en-US'>  >Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com">

This looks like service bug to me.

Anyone have any input? Is it possible to convert an OpenID account to a standard @yahoo account?

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to OAuth authorize a Yahoo user who has created an account with Google or Facebook via OpenID. Here's my code I'm using Signpost:

OAuthConsumer consumer = new CommonsHttpOAuthConsumer(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET);OAuthProvider provider = new CommonsHttpOAuthProvider(    "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_token",    "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_token",    "https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/request_auth");

The web form I'm provided with doesn't include the options to authenticate via Facebook or Google. However, if I authenticate with Google or Facebook prior to visiting the auth URL things works correctly. I can't imagine that this would be impossible. The difficulty from a User perspective is that now that Yahoo has allowed users to use Google/Facebook (sign-in) they have introduced an interesting problem.

Hi All

I am integrating yahoo open ID for my site. My site is running for different languages( en, jp, cn etc.). When I am trying to logged in from english site with yahoo opend ID then its fine but when the same this I tried from japanese or chinese site then it's not redirecting me to yahoo open id login.

Can anyone suggest what to do.

I have used SocialAuth-net.dll for this purpose. I have set all required wrapper in web.config. Same coding is okay with Google and facebook open ID.

Thanks Manoj

Hi guys,

We are currently building a cron job to access our email account to do stuffs by cron job so how do we bypass logging in step and click on the agree button to get oauth_verifier as we just want to access our email and we got username and password ready.

Thanks

Hieu Van

in my iOS app i have integrated yahoo social framework and after login to yahoo and agreed the terms but it says "to complete sharing of yahoo info with , enter code into please helpThank you in advance!

when something wrong with your code its redirect to 401 error (page not found) use firebug to see what is your code problem and yahoo respone :)

hello everyone i try to make contact importer from yahooi do all steps and get oauth_tokennow i want send request for get contact but i get error signature_invalid here is my codes:$oauth_token_secret = 'mY TOKEN SECRET';$secret = 'my customer secret';$secret = "$secretasl&$oauth_token_secret";header("location: http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/$guid/contacts?realm=yahooapis.com&oauth_consumer_key=$key&oauth_nonce=$nonce&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_timestamp=$time&oauth_token=$oauth_token&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=$secret");

how i must encode these?whats prametrs must be encoded? with what?please if you know give me a example with my codesthank you

J-F,

Try asking the BOSS folks directly. They should be able to help. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ysearchboss/

I'm having a hard time to integrate the Yahoo BOSS Geo. I've got a problem with the signature and I don't know how to resolve this.

This is the request to Yahoo Boss :

http://yboss.yahooapis.com/geo/placefinder?country=US&postal=92011&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_nonce=5282888&oauth_timestamp=1365084958&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_consumer_key=dj0yJmk9TUFyMFlSWDBEQWJ0JmQ9WVdrOU1UZGhPVkJoTXpJbWNHbzlNVGc0TnpReE5qZzJNZy0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD04NQ--&oauth_callback=json2&oauth_signature=QPly/hfXF6VLT5Nr1+roiCeOwBY=

Here is part of my code and "response" always return Nothing.

Dim result As New EarthGridPosition()

    Dim uri As New System.Uri(String.Format("http://yboss.yahooapis.com/geo/placefinder?country={0}&postal={1}", countryCode, postalCode))    Dim url As String = PrismeTechnologies.PrintSystems.Common.Security.YahooBossApi.GetYahooBossUri(uri, "json2")    Dim request As HttpWebRequest    Dim response As HttpWebResponse = Nothing    Dim reader As StreamReader    Try        request = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(url), HttpWebRequest)        response = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)        reader = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())        Dim xmlResponse As New XmlDocument()        xmlResponse.LoadXml(reader.ReadToEnd())        If ((xmlResponse.SelectSingleNode("/ResultSet/Error").InnerXml = 0) AndAlso _            (xmlResponse.SelectSingleNode("/ResultSet/Found").InnerXml  0)) Then            result.Latitude = Convert.ToDouble(xmlResponse.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("/ResultSet/Result/latitude").InnerXml, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)            result.Longitude = Convert.ToDouble(xmlResponse.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("/ResultSet/Result/longitude").InnerXml, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)        End If    Finally        If Not response Is Nothing Then            response.Close()        End If    End Try

Please advise.

Thanks,J.F

i make another aplicatiosn an show this message

We're sorry!

This service is not available now. Please try later.

i get the same error

Yahoo! is unable to process your request. We recommend that you contact the owner of the application or web site to resolve this issue. [95025]

and after l click agree send to this url

http://comunidades.hopto.org/solteros/solteros/inviter/oauth/request/format/smoothbox/provider/yahoounable to import my contacts

OK, I found a workaround. I was never able to get the Request Token without getting a 401....But I didn't need one at all! I used just the consumerKey and ConsumerSecret.

 static void Main(string[] args)    {        var oAuth = new OAuthBase();        var consumerKey = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["oauth_consumer_key"];        var consumerSecret = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["oauth_consumer_secret"];        var nonce = oAuth.GenerateNonce();        var timeStamp = oAuth.GenerateTimeStamp();        string root = "http://yboss.yahooapis.com/geo/placefinder?callback=json2";        string query = "&q=701+first+avenue+sunnnyvale";        var uri = new Uri(root + query);        string signed_url, param;        var signature = oAuth.GenerateSignature(uri, consumerKey,                        consumerSecret, string.Empty, string.Empty, "GET", timeStamp, nonce,                        OAuthBase.SignatureTypes.HMACSHA1, out signed_url, out param);        var request = WebRequest.Create(string.Format("{0}?{1}&oauth_signature={2}",                                        signed_url, param, signature));        var resultString = "";        using (StreamReader read = new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream(), true))        {            resultString = read.ReadToEnd();        }        Console.WriteLine(resultString);        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop...");        Console.ReadKey();    }}

And...we have data!

87 37.416599 -122.026009 [...]

Struggling in vain to get that dang Request Token cost me half a day of wasted effort. I don't understand why you guys aren't advocating this simpler method.

Hopefully, this helps someone else.

Hi,

I'm getting the following 401 error:

The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.

Here is my Authentication Information:

Application URL : http://ellenlstyle.staging.printsys.netApp Domain: http://ellenlstyle.staging.printsys.netMy callback URL: ellenstyle.staging.printsys.net/ViewCart.aspx

My domain ellenlstyle.staging.printsys.net is verified.

Consumer Key & Consumer Secret are entered correctly.

The call to Yahoo Boss Geo:

http://yboss.yahooapis.com/geo/placefinder?country=US&postal=92011&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_nonce=5226783&oauth_timestamp=1365016453&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_consumer_key=dj0yJmk9TUFyMFlSWDBEQWJ0JmQ9WVdrOU1UZGhPVkJoTXpJbWNHbzlNVGc0TnpReE5qZzJNZy0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD04NQ--&oauth_callback="http%3A%2F%2Fellenlstyle.staging.printsys.net%2FViewCart.aspx"&oauth_signature=nUHo2LKeQjkznHDKx3y1Iplr8Y=

Is something wrong in here ?

Thanks,J.F

I'm having a helluva time requesting a token. When I make this request(replacing MY_KEY_HERE and MY_SIG_HERE with correct values)

wget -S -d https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_token --post-data="oauth_nonce=23309551&oauth_timestamp=1278110021&oauth_consumer_key=MY_KEY_HERE&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_signature=MY_SIG_HEREoauth_version=1.0&xoauth_lang_pref=en-us&oauth_callback=oob" -O out.txt

I get a response of:

Setting --post-data (postdata) to oauth_nonce=23309551&oauth_timestamp=1278110021&oauth_consumer_key=MY_KEY_HERE&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_signature=MY_SIG_HERE&oauth_version=1.0&xoauth_lang_pref=en-us&oauth_callback=oobDEBUG output created by Wget 1.13.4 on cygwin.

URI encoding = UTF-8'--2013-04-03 14:00:48-- https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_tokenResolving api.login.yahoo.com (api.login.yahoo.com)... 98.136.223.192Caching api.login.yahoo.com => 98.136.223.192Connecting to api.login.yahoo.com (api.login.yahoo.com)|98.136.223.192|:443... connected.Created socket 3.Releasing 0x80043fb0 (new refcount 1).ERROR: The certificate ofapi.login.yahoo.com' is not trusted.ERROR: The certificate of `api.login.yahoo.com' hasn't got a known issuer.

The out.txt is empty. This seems to be an error...a 401 when I test it in the browser.

Help!! Any ideas? I see that there are MANY folks having a similar problem.

Hi,

Since a few days, Yahoo API doesn't works (the remote server returned an error 401, unauthorized),caused by limtation time (API usage : from/to expired date) ? Idon't know. I tryed to re create same project but it's not fixed.One idea ?

Thanks in advance.

Hello,

If i enter below domain URL then it gives provide a valid domain, please check what is wrong here and how i can resolve this.

http://www.flerti.com/

Error: Please provide a valid domain.

Thanks in an advance

Hi,We had the same problem "OAuth::Problem: permission_denied" even after sleep(120).So, can we wait more? Or should we make a try catch and request the token one more time if failed?

Hi,

We have an application where we're allowing users to sign in using their Yahoo account. I'm noticing a problem where sign in doesn't seem to be working for users with older accounts. They click 'Sign in' from our site, provide their Yahoo credentials and give permissions to our application, but when they are redirected back to our site they are not signed in. If we try with a more recent account this isn't a problem. This seems to be a problem with older accounts that people haven't used in a while.

Is this a known problem? Is there a way around this?

Thanks

Dear Friends,

I am using https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/request_auth (reference : http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-userauth.html) to present a login and authorization page to the user.

Even if the user is already given permission for the app, it asks again when the user next time login.

How to make sure that if a user is already autorized the app, he is not required to authorize again?

Regards,Meenu