Getting User ID from oauth token

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Bradford

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Aug 16, 2013, 6:42:42 PM8/16/13
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Hello,

I'm developing an app that allows people to sign in to Justin.tv and see their profile, add favorites, delete favorites, etc. Twitch.tv makes this easy, because I can get a profile object just from making an api call with the oauth credentials. Justin.tv doesn't seem to have this API call, requiring instead that I know the user's username in order to get their profile. 

I'd like to avoid asking them for their user id, since I'm asking them to give my app permissions to get their profile data anyway.

Is there a hidden API call that I'm missing? Or is this flow just not possible?

Bradford

Bradford

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Aug 19, 2013, 12:45:42 PM8/19/13
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Anything at all would be appreciated

Kyle Vogt

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Aug 19, 2013, 1:34:28 PM8/19/13
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Bradford

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Aug 19, 2013, 6:48:48 PM8/19/13
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Thanks for that, I had tunnel vision apparently, looking at the users section.


On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:34:28 PM UTC-5, Kyle Vogt wrote:
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Bradford <lawbra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anything at all would be appreciated


On Friday, August 16, 2013 5:42:42 PM UTC-5, Bradford wrote:
Hello,

I'm developing an app that allows people to sign in to Justin.tv and see their profile, add favorites, delete favorites, etc. Twitch.tv makes this easy, because I can get a profile object just from making an api call with the oauth credentials. Justin.tv doesn't seem to have this API call, requiring instead that I know the user's username in order to get their profile. 

I'd like to avoid asking them for their user id, since I'm asking them to give my app permissions to get their profile data anyway.

Is there a hidden API call that I'm missing? Or is this flow just not possible?

Bradford

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Bradford

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Aug 21, 2013, 11:21:48 PM8/21/13
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I'm receiving the following error when attempting the whoami.json request:

  1. {
  2. "error": "local variable 'token' referenced before assignment",
  3. "url": "/api/account/whoami.json"
  4. }

The whole OAuth flow seems to be going well until that point. It sounds like an error on your end, can you check it out and let me know?

Thanks,

Bradford


On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:34:28 PM UTC-5, Kyle Vogt wrote:
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Bradford <lawbra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anything at all would be appreciated


On Friday, August 16, 2013 5:42:42 PM UTC-5, Bradford wrote:
Hello,

I'm developing an app that allows people to sign in to Justin.tv and see their profile, add favorites, delete favorites, etc. Twitch.tv makes this easy, because I can get a profile object just from making an api call with the oauth credentials. Justin.tv doesn't seem to have this API call, requiring instead that I know the user's username in order to get their profile. 

I'd like to avoid asking them for their user id, since I'm asking them to give my app permissions to get their profile data anyway.

Is there a hidden API call that I'm missing? Or is this flow just not possible?

Bradford

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Bradford

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Aug 22, 2013, 4:48:31 PM8/22/13
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If you need the whole Auth header I'm willing to send that your way - just let me know your email. Hoping to get this figured out soon, and knowing whether it is your or my error would help a lot.

Bradford

Kyle Vogt

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Aug 22, 2013, 6:22:27 PM8/22/13
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deploying a fix now, should be live in ~10 minutes.


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Bradford

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Aug 22, 2013, 7:01:31 PM8/22/13
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It works now, thank you!


On Thursday, August 22, 2013 5:22:27 PM UTC-5, Kyle Vogt wrote:
deploying a fix now, should be live in ~10 minutes.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Bradford <lawbra...@gmail.com> wrote:
If you need the whole Auth header I'm willing to send that your way - just let me know your email. Hoping to get this figured out soon, and knowing whether it is your or my error would help a lot.

Bradford


On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:21:48 PM UTC-5, Bradford wrote:
I'm receiving the following error when attempting the whoami.json request:

  1. {
  2. "error": "local variable 'token' referenced before assignment",
  3. "url": "/api/account/whoami.json"
  4. }

The whole OAuth flow seems to be going well until that point. It sounds like an error on your end, can you check it out and let me know?

Thanks,

Bradford

On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:34:28 PM UTC-5, Kyle Vogt wrote:
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Bradford <lawbra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anything at all would be appreciated


On Friday, August 16, 2013 5:42:42 PM UTC-5, Bradford wrote:
Hello,

I'm developing an app that allows people to sign in to Justin.tv and see their profile, add favorites, delete favorites, etc. Twitch.tv makes this easy, because I can get a profile object just from making an api call with the oauth credentials. Justin.tv doesn't seem to have this API call, requiring instead that I know the user's username in order to get their profile. 

I'd like to avoid asking them for their user id, since I'm asking them to give my app permissions to get their profile data anyway.

Is there a hidden API call that I'm missing? Or is this flow just not possible?

Bradford

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