如何创建PHP REST API客户端以使用户登录到服务器？

Question

i want to create a php web app with REST API.where user logins on the Server/Main site. problem is that how to get current logged in user on a php client.i am using CURL at client to get data from server. if i store a user cookie in browser when user logins on my site, then client can't access them because CURL doesn't send cookies when requesting. if i use CURL COOKIEJAR or COOKIEFILE, they will not safe since a client can store cookies data and use them for access user's account. i want my API to be like Facebook API. how FB API knows who is currently logged in? i only want to know is there any way to get the currently logged in user on server site.either by cookie or by session. please someone help me thanks

Answer 1

Facebook API and Twitter API uses Oauth http://oauth.net/

Oauth is awesome for the man in the middle login. Oauth connect the user with the final server and to the server in the middle it gives a token, that token is the way to know who is logged.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/oauth/