Introduction

The AccessToken is used for accessing Web Services using the OAuth protocol.

See Spec

This is only used from the ConsumerService side.

AccessToken lifecycle

1. ConsumerService Request an AccessToken from the ServiceProvider using an authorized RequestToken
2. ConsumerService ServiceProvider's web service using the AccessToken's http request wrapper methods

Contains

• token - the actual token string
• secret - a secret string used for signing requests

Creation

You ask the RequestToken to exchange it self for an AccessToken from the ServiceProvider:

@access_token=@request_token.get_access_token

Accessing REST webservices

It wraps the ruby http/s object with simple methods for each http method:

# GET /people.xml
@response=@access_token.get('/people.xml')

# GET /people/1.xml
@response=@access_token.get('/people/1.xml')

# POST /people
@response=@access_token.post('/people',"person[name]=Bob")

# POST /people with xml
@response=@access_token.post('/people',@person.to_xml,{'Content-Type'=>'application/xml')

# PUT /people/1
@response=@access_token.post('/people/1',"person[name]=Bob%20Smith")

# PUT /people/1 with xml
@response=@access_token.put('/people/1',@person.to_xml,{'Content-Type'=>'application/xml')

# DELETE /people/1
@response=@access_token.delete('/people/1')