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From: Marius Scurtescu <mscurtescu@google.com>
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Kris Selden <kris.selden@gmail.com> wrote:
> A typical iPhone app cannot be shipped with a client secret and rightly or wrongly users expect to only have to enter their credentials once.
>
> What is the best profile to use for an app that can't have a client secret and needs a refresh token or a long lived access token?

The authorization code grant, aka web server flow.

The spec is misleading in this respect IMO.

Marius
