How to use oAuth with ActionScript 3.0?

Question

I came across this oAuth library for ActionScript 3.0. http://code.google.com/p/oauth-as3/

It seems to have all that you need to do oAuth, but I can't make heads or tails of it. I've never worked with oAuth (or any authentication..) before and am not really sure how to use it. I can't find any examples of this specific library, or any in general concerning oAuth and AS3.

Would anyone mind walking me through (or directing me to a tutorial) concerning how to use oAuth to interact with Web API's? Specifically I'm looking for ActionScript 3.0 interacting with Twitter.

Any help is much appreciated!

Answer 1

I don't usually like to post answers that just contain links but unfortunately, given the nature of the question and thus the answer, I think it's about the only choice here.

First I just want to say, try harder with googling next time. Many results came up first try .

Second, there seems to be two google code repositories for this. Just in case you're interested, here is a link to the second one (you provided a link to the first) http://code.google.com/p/oauthas3/ . This repository has code which is newer than the repo you referenced.

Third, here are some links to articles/tutorials about this library which should provide all the help you've requested:

http://soenkerohde.com/2010/01/twitter-as3-oauth-lib-with-flex-4-example/
http://www.iotashan.com/index.php/2008/04/28/oauth-actionscript-library/

Note also this question and answer here on stackoverflow: Pinless OAuth on Adobe AIR for Android . It has some code and discussion about the library, so I've referenced it here as well.