Re: [OAUTH-WG] Rename callback => callback_uri

Richard Barnes <rbarnes@bbn.com> Fri, 16 April 2010 16:10 UTC

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Could you clarify a little more the environment in which this  
confusion arose?  What do you mean when you say "The protected  
resource typically accepts 'callback' as a parameter to support  
JSONP."?  What sort of software are you including in this?

--Richard


On Apr 15, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Luke Shepard wrote:

> We already had one developer try it out and get confused because the  
> server tried to treat the callback URL as a JSONP callback.
>
> The protected resource typically accepts “callback” as a parameter  
> to support JSONP. If a developer accidentally passes in callback  
> there (maybe they got confused) then the server can’t give a normal  
> error message – instead it needs to either detect that it looks like  
> a URL or otherwise reject it.
>
> On a related note, I think it’s more confusing calling it something  
> different in the user-agent flow (redirector) when it’s essentially  
> doing the same thing.
>
>
> From: oauth-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:oauth-bounces@ietf.org] On  
> Behalf Of Eran Hammer-Lahav
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:37 AM
> To: Naitik Shah; OAuth WG
> Subject: Re: [OAUTH-WG] Rename callback => callback_uri
>
> I don’t think it is that confusing. Its a completely different  
> context from where JSON-P is used (note that in the User-Agent flow  
> it is called something else).
>
> EHL
>
>
> On 4/10/10 12:35 PM, "Naitik Shah" <naitik@facebook.com> wrote:
>
> With the simplified params, the callback url parameter is now just  
> "callback". Since most major API providers already use "callback" to  
> signify JSON-P callback, can we rename this to "callback_uri"? This  
> will help avoid collisions and confusion.
>
>
> -Naitik
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