Brian, in addition to what Phil said let me provide you with two references:
* Article about user authentication and OAuth: http://oauth.net/articles/authentication/ * OpenID Connect specification as a way to do what you seem to be looking for: http://openid.net/connect/ Ciao Hannes On 04/09/2015 08:45 PM, Phil Hunt wrote: > This has been a long standing issue. OAuth is an authorization protocol and > not an authentication protocol. > > You might want to look at OpenID Connect for an OAuth profile that addresses > your case. > > Phil > >> On Apr 9, 2015, at 10:35, Brian Hurt <bhur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> This is probably the wrong place to ask this question- if so, I apologize. >> But I'm trying to figure out how to get a username given only an access id >> (and client id, etc.) in oauth2. Is this possible, and if so, how? >> >> Thanks, >> Brian >> _______________________________________________ >> OAuth mailing list >> OAuth@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth > > _______________________________________________ > OAuth mailing list > OAuth@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth >
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
_______________________________________________ OAuth mailing list OAuth@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/oauth
