Status of project?

[Robert La Ferla]

What's the status of this project?  Is it actively maintained?  What are developers using for GWT and OAuth?  Is this the only option?

[Jason Hall]

This project is actively maintained in that if I get a feature request or bug report I will respond to it. I admit I haven't been keeping up with the mailing list as well as I should be, but I've added a filter for it so it gets my attention better.

I'm not aware of any other options for using OAuth 2.0 in a GWT application aside from wrapping a regular JS library. If anybody knows any I'd be interested to see them.

- Jason

[Robert La Ferla]

Thanks.  I'm glad to hear that.  I would like to use it to access SimpleGEO or Factual which both use 2-legged OAuth.  The user is never prompted.  What do I need to know to get started?  Is this a simple task?  

http://developers.simplegeo.com/blog/2011/01/07/two-legged-oauth/

[Jason Hall]

From glancing at the documentation for both of those services, neither appear to be OAuth 2.0, or at least have any mention of supporting the client (aka JavaScript) flow for OAuth 2.0 authentication. If that is indeed the case, then the gwt-oauth2 library won't be able to help you.

The library is designed to support any OAuth 2.0 provider that supports the pure JavaScript flow, which means it doesn't require a server. If you're using OAuth 1.0 or a service that doesn't support the JS flow, you'll have to have a server involved to handle the auth flow. I suggest the http://code.google.com/p/google-oauth-java-client project if you decide you need to go that route.

- Jason

[Robert La Ferla]

Does the google-oauth-java-client work in GWT?  If not, how difficult of a task would you estimate it to be to get it to work in GWT?

Thanks,

Robert

[Jason Hall]

It won't work in the client-side part of a GWT application. It's designed to run on your server. But, you can use it in a GWT app by making requests from the GWT client to the server.

- Jason