Y!OS Contacts

401, signature_invalid, contacts matrix parameter not working

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:55:46 -0800

I have been trying to get the contact list of an user. As mentioned in the document, http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts returns first 10 contacts by default. this works fine for me.

But when I add count matrix parameter it doesn't work. it gives me 401 signature_invalid. In-fact, it doesn't work with any matrix parameter.

I am using QOAuth library in Qt 4.5.3.

When I try with the following url to get contacts:

CODE

"http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/VLEJ4DO33623P4PMSA2R4FEBF4/contacts"

QOAuth uses the following string as a signature base:

CODE

"GET&http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.yahooapis.com%2Fv1%2Fuser%2FVLEJ4DO33623P4PMSA2R4FEBF4%2Fcontacts&oauth_consumer_key%3Ddj0yJmk9aDlwdDBjc3pIaE1pJmQ9WVdrOVdWYzRUWHBGTldNbWNHbzlOVFl6T1RFNE16QXkmcz1jb2
5zdW1lcnNlY3JldCZ4PTQ1%26oauth_nonce%3D6a27b3b8dd3b6bef57b58938d7662499%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1265298014%26oauth_token%3DA%253DP7tBir7x4QVRuQi2uqnmb075RxF_rRk2XzhtGhE5CfrcsrnT0BxVZMc_eg32oyMxDjZveO7Gcadt
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4d6NAIW9LFznk2gM_5pVjZKqSGHAg.znXIF2tXiDJzMrQCsdPUiryjXaoec31HFkwdt7RhcMu8RwlAYEX
fr876KaPFWnXcy25er9gddPDhPE2yYiBLcqd42YrHXxY00EJKTwlmN8HJI10YVhvCTJ0cz2.nrefwKvxH
cf6wAd0JMw16MtZuhbGEw6cguMKp8Uqy2TvIwagS1CRVWlyjIekV0GfzmgzRVjtn7VNDedCuoTScaEIQd
tZaxTpDGaHug2nAeUFB722rJrl0pgwc8ytZvLX1AHJMfulr3zcrblBdWNkpxx25cNZY48cJNNoPM3CsuC
OB19ccrMbWAKTUGnLKK.XA67EQWZ%26oauth_version%3D1.0"

Generates the following signature:

CODE

"iIRd7fNXOINdSPl0IEYaKPRtIFo%3D"

And the header looks like this:

CODE

"OAuth oauth_consumer_key="dj0yJmk9aDlwdDBjc3pIaE1pJmQ9WVdrOVdWYzRUWHBGTldNbWNHbzlOVFl6T1RFNE16QXkmcz1j
b25zdW1lcnNlY3JldCZ4PTQ1",oauth_nonce="6a27b3b8dd3b6bef57b58938d7662499",oauth_signature="iIRd7fNXOINdSPl0IEYaKPRtIFo%3D",oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",oauth_timestamp="1265298014",oauth_token="A%3DP7tBir7x4QVRuQi2uqnmb075RxF_rRk2XzhtGhE5CfrcsrnT0BxVZMc_eg32oyMxDjZveO7Gcadt9g
IDSzNd7Te1WrkI_1T_OU2CjvZjjp6ClR0vWwZHIGWqjPJw4Z8WMAqKwBWc3VIS0WSwNhz5flWJ4My9O15
7g0ativ3HoFEH0FSRfYxKeBLbpnAaZ4vpPII8uExFm3OeGODnQXPTL9.rFy2rjdbERTir82zj2M7PwNsK
Im39N9zGos3fl2U03N4KIlF0kpSODhIvP1sx5EXBAToOz9k1TqYTxsXq746g77xSh9hNUrc9fysZRNpbu
LBgWQ8l2IYIy35c6fmxWO5td6KDBZ1ID2S6oWxyysXd17lPtYV_0NxXbj8sfOQyZhFg6CbRCCH_Jz9a4d
6NAIW9LFznk2gM_5pVjZKqSGHAg.znXIF2tXiDJzMrQCsdPUiryjXaoec31HFkwdt7RhcMu8RwlAYEXfr
876KaPFWnXcy25er9gddPDhPE2yYiBLcqd42YrHXxY00EJKTwlmN8HJI10YVhvCTJ0cz2.nrefwKvxHcf
6wAd0JMw16MtZuhbGEw6cguMKp8Uqy2TvIwagS1CRVWlyjIekV0GfzmgzRVjtn7VNDedCuoTScaEIQdtZ
axTpDGaHug2nAeUFB722rJrl0pgwc8ytZvLX1AHJMfulr3zcrblBdWNkpxx25cNZY48cJNNoPM3CsuCOB
19ccrMbWAKTUGnLKK.XA67EQWZ",oauth_version="1.0"" 
("Authorization")

With this above header, I can get only first 10 contacts.

But when I try with matrix parameter count=20 i.e. with the URL

CODE

"http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/VLEJ4DO33623P4PMSA2R4FEBF4/contacts?count=20"

QOAuth uses following signature base string to generate HMAC-SHA1 signature:

CODE

"GET&http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.yahooapis.com%2Fv1%2Fuser%2FVLEJ4DO33623P4PMSA2R4FEBF4%2Fcontacts%3Fcount%3D20&oauth_consumer_key%3Ddj0yJmk9aDlwdDBjc3pIaE1pJmQ9WVdrOVdWYzRUWHBGTldNbWNHbzlOVFl6T1RFNE16QXkmcz1jb2
5zdW1lcnNlY3JldCZ4PTQ1%26oauth_nonce%3D3181d30b0c799603a18b300857506323%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1265298105%26oauth_token%3DA%253D6u4cayqGsQ9q294OAtS9h5JJsls3Vpfbe7tlk545BsPDD8_kFJWqBansOGpM56UhOtlFO4dzsd8B
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Dc55vI9ZiN0rk.3pbwLTKEvzmWPxVBzTFCNJ8W5KocDf0SXQ7lLyKQB3bwDp84kOOHNckd0X2Frr6fbHU
KnbzmoXOjrM4h3_KX1BR3VcYylbbVgjkWQuZX_B34Q4WE0ixguTb.skU29mZfHNFSkEM4lWoCrVGiFpmR
dyLgMPEIXENqR7fymYqmiJE2rN0J%26oauth_version%3D1.0"

Generate the following signature:

CODE

"4basO7P7ZYrRTAW5v7pvj%2BdDXBU%3D"

and the header looks like this:

CODE

"OAuth oauth_consumer_key="dj0yJmk9aDlwdDBjc3pIaE1pJmQ9WVdrOVdWYzRUWHBGTldNbWNHbzlOVFl6T1RFNE16QXkmcz1j
b25zdW1lcnNlY3JldCZ4PTQ1",oauth_nonce="3181d30b0c799603a18b300857506323",oauth_signature="4basO7P7ZYrRTAW5v7pvj%2BdDXBU%3D",oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",oauth_timestamp="1265298105",oauth_token="A%3D6u4cayqGsQ9q294OAtS9h5JJsls3Vpfbe7tlk545BsPDD8_kFJWqBansOGpM56UhOtlFO4dzsd8BJ.
iZzPtgxNPoparHZhIM4K.3UrKC3LEAFzOwo0mxCIK8RIUyqN_31UfNbr8mtuKJ3oR12z6bqYTPat9bma3
wZiT9qMAyppoqzEwmDvq3zqR8zANaf4F468GVI67KEUn0vYvaKcWkTDQ0dBjduyHwiBW9Zv2wtX6pVdBZ
yzg5DwF_HJwczIUP79LMk48f.KymuTHCB5Gy6Kfqj1ZUuXNdrN0QcKBtwFzOT.d0TsalyMuXvHkCkp8ia
Kzmkd.K2z.uA_PRPXw09le35EyUdwE3KnCIjKLaEBgxfQC5GVimyPg7vIDhw9Z7EYwh1z6hxAp8UqAiEd
yJPv4e78UYot6SCb16MvPzNEWNWjNHnW_CN7UvVGU.Ntae7vxkCfZi6wJQA34v99__M1g7HCnNO6JSZWp
qcpYKlCiXZf9C_Tt6TpJC.NZURwefF1OIejSx3DAcdrp1lj8yTVAAqgK2vtyPAZOdZRVeLIhspBPUkhDc
55vI9ZiN0rk.3pbwLTKEvzmWPxVBzTFCNJ8W5KocDf0SXQ7lLyKQB3bwDp84kOOHNckd0X2Frr6fbHUKn
bzmoXOjrM4h3_KX1BR3VcYylbbVgjkWQuZX_B34Q4WE0ixguTb.skU29mZfHNFSkEM4lWoCrVGiFpmRdy
LgMPEIXENqR7fymYqmiJE2rN0J",oauth_version="1.0"" 
("Authorization")

But it gives me following error:

CODE

Reply code:: 401 
Network reply(ERROR):: "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<yahoo:error xmlns:yahoo='http://yahooapis.com/v1/base.rng'
  xml:lang='en-US'>
  <yahoo:description>Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"</yahoo:description>
</yahoo:error>
<!-- ws120.socdir.ac4.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Thu Feb  4 07:41:25 PST 2010 -->
" 
"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<yahoo:error xmlns:yahoo='http://yahooapis.com/v1/base.rng'
  xml:lang='en-US'>
  <yahoo:description>Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"</yahoo:description>
</yahoo:error>
<!-- ws120.socdir.ac4.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Thu Feb  4 07:41:25 PST 2010 -->

Has anyone faced similar problem? please help.

Getting 401 Error when requesting contact information

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:37:47 -0800

I have been trying to get this to work for weeks now with no luck. I am trying to import contacts into a database from within a program. I successfully get the access token but get a 401 error when trying to get the contact information. Here are my basesignature, signature, and request header along with the code to get them. I use the latest OAuthBase.cs in C#

Signaturebase =

GET&http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.yahooapis.com%2Fv1%2Fuser%2FIHADHY2ZWIKAJWUXKDTJG57DSQ%2F
contacts&oauth_consumer_key%3Ddj0yJmk9bDhUc0VTWkhGVWNoJmQ9WVdrOVZUaEhUVWh1TTJNbWN
HbzlNakF3TmpnM09UQTNPQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1kMw--%26oauth_nonce%3D8565601
%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1263838441%26oauth_toke
n%3DA%3D2V1WeBbmjCi8MaNpWGUyZvfPNnE9oo6FtNgAeSgbt5PamnhZgQ2xVlbXPJPZqo1iO5NzBppCR
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1
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r
cAsCg--%26oauth_version%3D1.0

Signature =

dJjU7q6Jx2OU7bevkmbm2ct26fs=

Auth Request Header =

Authorization: OAuth realm = "http://yahooapis.com",oauth_consumer_key=
"dj0yJmk9bDhUc0VTWkhGVWNoJmQ9WVdrOVZUaEhUVWh1TTJNbWNHbzlNakF3TmpnM09UQT
NPQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1kMw--",oauth_nonce="8565601",oauth_sig
nature_method="HMAC-SHA1",oauth_timestamp="1263838441",oauth_token="A%3
D2V1WeBbmjCi8MaNpWGUyZvfPNnE9oo6FtNgAeSgbt5PamnhZgQ2xVlbXPJPZqo1iO5NzBp
pCRCMePKaCLX_dogvErklox5xUia6v0dv6fYskCx2uMeSIHG00xhwnndJPqC740x1dtHdfp
7hn3lAaBvav.cozN9gzQzlcqbknbabE6VftToe1tc7fscI0ocWgHs4g3SKrcH5Bqyfhx0vB
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Z23INB73e9ru.9foS_PTxExizDMtC3ENI3_ge.M_B6vMjDDJx33Aw4o9u_R33oZ.m5j.wtY
aEapOLAsqljOE80FE8vTKWUF9V5h_Z2s.pxvgbXe5Q82gdNvYOrUnwOSu6hh_SgRd62Zdvs
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Og21O0X8.kDte1SKHzd0lF8u0mZ8LbAy58FfsmSO3.cWhkK34c__Mg65b2MusWF2JmoFhxp
IFnS3MLbS18rcAsCg--",oauth_version="1.0",oauth_signature="dJjU7q6Jx2OU7
bevkmbm2ct26fs="

CODE USED TO GET THESE RESULTS:

Uri GetYahooContacts = new Uri("http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/" + yahooOAuthGUID + "/contacts");

string EncodedSIG = oAuth.GenerateSignature(GetYahooContacts, consumerKey, consumerSecret, YahooOAuthToken, yahooOAuthTokenSecret, "GET", timeStamp, nonce, out normalizedUrl, out normalizedRequestParameters);

string authHeader = "Authorization: OAuth " +
"realm = \"http://yahooapis.com\"" +
",oauth_consumer_key=\""+consumerKey+"\""+
",oauth_nonce=\""+nonce+"\""+
",oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\"" +
",oauth_timestamp=\"" + timeStamp+ "\"" +
",oauth_token=\"" + YahooOAuthToken+ "\"" +
",oauth_version=\"1.0\""+
",oauth_signature=\"" + EncodedSIG + "\"";

request = WebRequest.Create(GetYahooContacts.ToString()) as HttpWebRequest;

request.Headers.Add(authHeader);

using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
// StreamReader YahooContactsList = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
// YahooContacts = YahooContactsList.ReadToEnd();
// MessageBox.Show(YahooContacts);
MessageBox.Show("Finally Success");

}

Getting 401 Error when requesting contact information

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:37:47 -0800

QUOTE (Chad @ Jan 18 2010, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have been trying to get this to work for weeks now with no luck. I am trying to import contacts into a database from within a program. I successfully get the access token but get a 401 error when trying to get the contact information. Here are my basesignature, signature, and request header along with the code to get them. I use the latest OAuthBase.cs in C#

Signaturebase =

GET&http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.yahooapis.com%2Fv1%2Fuser%2FIHADHY2ZWIKAJWUXKDTJG57DSQ%2F
contacts&oauth_consumer_key%3Ddj0yJmk9bDhUc0VTWkhGVWNoJmQ9WVdrOVZUaEhUVWh1TTJNbWN
HbzlNakF3TmpnM09UQTNPQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1kMw--%26oauth_nonce%3D8565601
%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1%26oauth_timestamp%3D1263838441%26oauth_toke
n%3DA%3D2V1WeBbmjCi8MaNpWGUyZvfPNnE9oo6FtNgAeSgbt5PamnhZgQ2xVlbXPJPZqo1iO5NzBppCR
CMePKaCLX_dogvErklox5xUia6v0dv6fYskCx2uMeSIHG00xhwnndJPqC740x1dtHdfp7hn3lAaBvav.
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r
cAsCg--%26oauth_version%3D1.0

Signature =

dJjU7q6Jx2OU7bevkmbm2ct26fs=

Auth Request Header =

Authorization: OAuth realm = "http://yahooapis.com",oauth_consumer_key=
"dj0yJmk9bDhUc0VTWkhGVWNoJmQ9WVdrOVZUaEhUVWh1TTJNbWNHbzlNakF3TmpnM09UQT
NPQS0tJnM9Y29uc3VtZXJzZWNyZXQmeD1kMw--",oauth_nonce="8565601",oauth_sig
nature_method="HMAC-SHA1",oauth_timestamp="1263838441",oauth_token="A%3
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kI1EqyvbOvSyU6E31T_ZEuBucvOVrXFB6M_QHEOebNh4cIzryNePCzy_YpQS3avZWVQnYi0
Og21O0X8.kDte1SKHzd0lF8u0mZ8LbAy58FfsmSO3.cWhkK34c__Mg65b2MusWF2JmoFhxp
IFnS3MLbS18rcAsCg--",oauth_version="1.0",oauth_signature="dJjU7q6Jx2OU7
bevkmbm2ct26fs="

CODE USED TO GET THESE RESULTS:

Uri GetYahooContacts = new Uri("http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/" + yahooOAuthGUID + "/contacts");

string EncodedSIG = oAuth.GenerateSignature(GetYahooContacts, consumerKey, consumerSecret, YahooOAuthToken, yahooOAuthTokenSecret, "GET", timeStamp, nonce, out normalizedUrl, out normalizedRequestParameters);

string authHeader = "Authorization: OAuth " +
"realm = \"http://yahooapis.com\"" +
",oauth_consumer_key=\""+consumerKey+"\""+
",oauth_nonce=\""+nonce+"\""+
",oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\"" +
",oauth_timestamp=\"" + timeStamp+ "\"" +
",oauth_token=\"" + YahooOAuthToken+ "\"" +
",oauth_version=\"1.0\""+
",oauth_signature=\"" + EncodedSIG + "\"";

request = WebRequest.Create(GetYahooContacts.ToString()) as HttpWebRequest;

request.Headers.Add(authHeader);

using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
// StreamReader YahooContactsList = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
// YahooContacts = YahooContactsList.ReadToEnd();
// MessageBox.Show(YahooContacts);
MessageBox.Show("Finally Success");

}

Can you provide the entire http request and response. The oauth error code is in the http headers of the response.

Getting 401 Error when requesting contact information

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:37:47 -0800

The response I am getting back is OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

Don't know what this means? Please help.

Getting 401 Error when requesting contact information

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:37:47 -0800

QUOTE (Chad @ Jan 20 2010, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The response I am getting back is OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

Don't know what this means? Please help.

Was missing a space in my Auth header so the unable to determine oauth type went away now however I am getting a "signature invalid" Has anyone been succesful using the OauthBase.cs with this yahoo contact API? Why is this so difficult. Am I not suppose to include some values when passing information to the generate signature. ie leave one of the parameters as string.empty instead of having a value. And why does it respond back with a = sign at the end vs. %3D right now I am just manually finding the length stripping off the = sign and the adding the %3D I have tried a hundred different ways with no success so frustrating. Can someone provide the actual code used in C# to generate a signature using the oauthbase.cs or even creating the string by hand.

Please HELP!!!!

can i get contacts for a free account ?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:44:11 -0800

can i get contacts for a free account ? or just this is allowed for premium user ?
and do i need to use OAuth to just get the cantacts?
please help me quickly as iam in these info critically , thanks everybody

can i get contacts for a free account ?

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:44:11 -0800

QUOTE (ahmad z @ Jan 7 2010, 02:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

can i get contacts for a free account ? or just this is allowed for premium user ?
and do i need to use OAuth to just get the cantacts?
please help me quickly as iam in these info critically , thanks everybody

Yes, all of our developer offerings are free (and only require a valid yahoo account and oauth consumer key / secret). See the following for more information: http://developer.yahoo.com/social/contacts/

Obtaining API key without the domain name/url

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:57:04 -0800

Hi,
I want to use the Yahoo Addressbook API to extract user contacts for my application. The application is not developed/deployed yet. So i dont have a url and I am not able to get the key. What do I do?
I can provide a url using the dyndns service http://www.dyndns.com/about/ . Is that enough?
And i am running the application from my home PC. It is a good one month from deployment.
Is there anyway that I can access the API without the url and domain name for development purposes? Or the only way to do it is to deploy it and then add an enhancement? Is it that easy with this API?
Thanks and Regards,
Anjali C. G.

Obtaining API key without the domain name/url

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:57:04 -0800

QUOTE (anjali c @ Jan 1 2010, 11:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi,
I want to use the Yahoo Addressbook API to extract user contacts for my application. The application is not developed/deployed yet. So i dont have a url and I am not able to get the key. What do I do?
I can provide a url using the dyndns service http://www.dyndns.com/about/ . Is that enough?
And i am running the application from my home PC. It is a good one month from deployment.
Is there anyway that I can access the API without the url and domain name for development purposes? Or the only way to do it is to deploy it and then add an enhancement? Is it that easy with this API?
Thanks and Regards,
Anjali C. G.

Well, I figured it out, and posting it here...
I am using domain name I created using one of the dynamic dns services "dyndns.com". I was able to get the API key using that domain name.
Thanks and Regards,
Anjali

Addressbook API: no new signups?

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:52:38 -0800

Hi, is the deprecated addressbook API still accepting new signups? I tried registering for a BBAuth key and there is no "address book" anywhere in the scopes list. I've got some prewritten code here and would rather not search for some new code that works with the contacts API.

Addressbook API: no new signups?

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:52:38 -0800

There is no way to register for a new Address Book API key. There is a PHP SDK that will make it easier to transition to the Contacts API, however. Check out the getContacts() method in the SDK, and feel free to post back if you have questions.

Best regards

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

Hi guys.

I've tried and tried for as long as i can rem but i still can't get the contacts of the user.
I'm coding this in JAVA and i managed to go through the painful steps of OAuth to get the auth_token that allows me to call the contact api with the user's permission.

I'm trying to make the following call.

String url = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{GUID}/contacts?format=XML";

I've tried add the parameters on the URL QUERY and also in the AUTHORIZATION HEADER. I get different errors.

When i tried via the URL QUERY way,
I receive this error.
Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"

I'm pretty sure i sign it correctly. Below is my basestring.

QUOTE

GET&http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.yahooapis.com%2Fv1%2Fuser%2FZ46EVC3UWMNTWJLAZPSW6LYYO4%2Fcontacts&format%3DXML
%26oauth_consumer_key%3
%26oauth_nonce%3D1261405635463241000
%26oauth_signature_method%3DHMAC-SHA1
%26oauth_timestamp%3D1261405635
%26oauth_token%3DA%25253DEwIGrWnKvwSa3Uu3LZDJt2hi_kLvsPyizr_lS4.TFT3SM9pOZwEfaOXjk437s0nwe9TRfdVnY7
5yHa0V8fdoGxiQmDooywq0CGgFor9_eKbD2bFh7tvCBhctPzslqJr4rUiym_7ci7dKbjPtZqs48tBmmKL
9CAoAIIsB_jbc1wUQPvQUzY49R.LexY41wGb9A8DgVIjVAEeRD.dssxdQNyXridUmfhvUTKwYc1qZAmdS
WgunMOkAkE5GRK9Fu90iq8Vof4AmiTxAi5ZadyNhNlkBpOmfjtUbivPycpTbVWLyqZ1hmFqP7O8G3rdq1
I14gqUE6ZYaxf70uumF7Zmm1H8esGnmB_rAECJrN5P370Ipt9eurIrsDkD6lMYJ68qYaPJzExPrtVCJCc
Yuz1E7xJRv5NqO8wIk8yLFpeEo.9hGuSiqrfcyBZATda2lNywlzWsfGsIo.DtXJS3i3ko2d3jx7qX24SN
.OQboYDCSDNtQOM3s_.Weemje50Qg.WOpg9mTMBDlxzF82q3x.2TPzv34F5735kZZuvQ17Et5wgkZN5bJ
FHZ8Tg7hpPS2BtCdorKBilA.Zg1qhZVSIXCE_jd8jCqrkhEUJAziUq2xtWt9lId49bHcXam6yhmcacX9T
ZNGX1asmSwacomxmfIADaHRed031wLoXiaIeA6iWnQClfTRSRnVbGsh3wFTNX5WZJ2NrAjX6fiur03cN9
.xQ.q.6lVTUvZ.5nA0_qwP1dO4J3_5h.p2KVUm.tZ47t85h61wsUMzX7L8jSWVcNfBjlNkWsTf_i6Lmzg-
%26realm%3Dyahooapis.com

And i'm signing the above with my &.

Where did i go wrong? Please some just assist.

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

Come on? No one can help?

No one ever succeeded in getting the contacts before? !?!

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (donchen.tinkrbox @ Dec 22 2009, 05:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Come on? No one can help?

No one ever succeeded in getting the contacts before? !?!

Is your problem contacts api specific? It looks like your base string is correct. Can you provide the entire http request/response?

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

Hi! Thanks for responding!!

anyway, yes. It is contact API specific because I'm trying to call the contact API to retrieve the users email contact list.

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

Just wondering...

I'm suppose to sign the above with my consumer secret with the token secret I gotten from get auth token right?

And is the version of the oauth needed as the parameters?

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

No one ???

Anyway, the final step to call the yahoo contact api, can we do it via the query paremeters or only via the authorization header?

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (donchen.tinkrbox @ Dec 24 2009, 06:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No one ???

Anyway, the final step to call the yahoo contact api, can we do it via the query paremeters or only via the authorization header?

http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api...HTTP-operations

You can provide the oauth parameters via the query parameters or the authorization header.

http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oau...ke-request.html

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (donchen.tinkrbox @ Dec 22 2009, 08:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Just wondering...

I'm suppose to sign the above with my consumer secret with the token secret I gotten from get auth token right?

And is the version of the oauth needed as the parameters?

Yes, you should sign the request with the consumer key and shared secret you received when creating an oauth app. Yes, you should include the oauth version (we support 1.0a, and no longer support 1.0 due to the session fixation vulnerability).

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (Dustin Whittle @ Jan 4 2010, 05:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, you should sign the request with the consumer key and shared secret you received when creating an oauth app. Yes, you should include the oauth version (we support 1.0a, and no longer support 1.0 due to the session fixation vulnerability).

i fail,too.And,before i decode the accesstoken (sth like 'A%3Dbcu...' decoded to 'A=bcu...') ,i even got the 'token_rejected' error.Now i still got 'signature_invalid'...

In your document(http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-signing.html#oauth-sign-hmac),said "Use the normalized base string as "text" sign it using the concatenated Shared Secret (Consumer Secret) and Token Secret separated by an "&" character. ".
The sha hash key should be format like this 'Consumer Secret & AcessTokenSecret ' ???
not " the consumer key and shared secret " !??

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (donchen.tinkrbox @ Dec 21 2009, 06:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi guys.

I've tried and tried for as long as i can rem but i still can't get the contacts of the user.
I'm coding this in JAVA and i managed to go through the painful steps of OAuth to get the auth_token that allows me to call the contact api with the user's permission.

I'm trying to make the following call.

String url = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{GUID}/contacts?format=XML";

I've tried add the parameters on the URL QUERY and also in the AUTHORIZATION HEADER. I get different errors.

When i tried via the URL QUERY way,
I receive this error.
Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"

I'm pretty sure i sign it correctly. Below is my basestring.

And i'm signing the above with my &.

Where did i go wrong? Please some just assist.

Hi Don,

As you were able to login a user, how did open the yahoo login window? through javacript? I am having hard time getting a callback after a user logs in.

Thanks,
Sharan

Getting contacts via JAVA

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:32:30 -0800

QUOTE (donchen.tinkrbox @ Dec 24 2009, 06:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No one ???

Anyway, the final step to call the yahoo contact api, can we do it via the query paremeters or only via the authorization header?

Just wondering if Don was able to get it work? I am facing the same problem: http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=4460

Utility web service TimeService

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:53:14 -0800

Hi All,

When i click on the url : http://developer.yahooapis.com/TimeService...appid=YahooDemo then it return nothing (Blank page)
Is there any changes in this web service ?

Thanx,
Sandeep

Utility web service TimeService

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:53:14 -0800

It seems to be working fine for me.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Technology Evangelist
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

About contacts API and owner's permission

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:53:08 -0800

I appreciate that you can give me answer for the following questions.
1. How to understand the follow statement.

"To retrieve contacts of contacts you will need a separate operation and each contact owner's permission."(refered to contacts API document).

Iscontact owner's permission required before i can check his contacts list?

2. If the answer above is yes, then, how to achieve this purpose?

3. If I have signed in through yahooid and password, is it still needed for contacts list checking out by contacts API?

About contacts API and owner's permission

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:53:08 -0800

What the statement means is that if you want to collect user data from the friend or your friend, you will need to make one request to capture the contacts of your friend and then another to collect the contacts of the friend of your friend. Within the scope of an application, the user that you are trying to get contacts for must have granted your application permission to access their contacts (by adding the app) before you can collect their contacts.

The contacts API will require that you use OAuth to access it: http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth but we have a number of SDKs available that abstract out the OAuth pains: http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/ . I would suggest using one of those libraries to create the OAuth calls to the contacts api.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Technology Evangelist
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

token rejected

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:25:45 -0800

Hello all,

I have been trying to reach the contacts api through the following url:
GET http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/XD4RYW...P2YHUI/contacts

I went through the entire oAuth authorization flow uptil getting an access token and guid as mentioned here (http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-auth-flow.html).

However Iam stuck at the last step of retrieving the contact list. The request header is as follows. I created a base string(following Parameter encoding) and signed it with the key(Shared secret+ secret token duly parameter encoded) and appended the same to the request.

GET http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}...ASg\n\n

HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required\nConnection: close\nDate: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:04:58 GMT\nVia: HTTP/1.1 r4.ycpi.s1s.yahoo.net (YahooTrafficServer/1.17.22 [cMsSf ])\nAge: 0\nServer: YTS/1.17.22\nWWW-Authenticate: OAuth oauth_problem="token_rejected", realm="yahooapis.com"\nContent-Type: application/xml\nClient-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:04:58 GMT\nClient-Peer: 209.73.190.208:80\nClient-Response-Num: 1\nClient-Warning: Unsupported authentication scheme 'oauth'\n\n\n\n Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="token_rejected", realm="yahooapis.com"\n\n\n

Here is the code snippet

my $paramHashRef = {
157 oauth_consumer_key => {hidden},
158 oauth_nonce => $nonce,
159 oauth_token => $oauth_token,
160 oauth_signature_method => "HMAC-SHA1",
161 oauth_timestamp => $timestamp,
162 oauth_version => "1.0"
163 };
164 my $content;
165 foreach my $key (sort keys %$paramHashRef){
166 my $value = parameter_encode(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$$paramHashRef{$key}));
167
168 $content .= "${key}=${value}&";
169 }
170 chop $content;
171 my $url = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/$guid/contacts?".$content;
172
173 my $data = "GET&". parameter_encode("http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/$guid/contacts") . "&".parameter_encode($content);
174
175 MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "data: $data ");
176
177 my $sig_key = parameter_encode(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$shared_secret)) . "&" .parameter_encode(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$oauth_secrettoken));
178 MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "seecret token: $sig_key");
179
180 my $hmac = Digest::HMAC_SHA1->new($sig_key);
181 $hmac->add($data);
182 my $signature = $hmac->b64digest;
183 $signature .= "=";
184
185 MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "signature : $signature ");
186
187 $url .= "&oauth_signature=".parameter_encode($signature);
188
189 $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
190
191 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
193 my $res = $ua->request($request);
195 my $response = $res->content;

It would be great if anyone can point out where Iam going wrong.

Thanks!

token rejected

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:25:45 -0800

Resolved the token_rejected error as follows:

the oauth_token in my request was doubly encoded, hence I removed that from being parameter_encoded . But now I get an 'oauth_signature_invalid' error !

Request :
=======

GET http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/XD4RYW...1.0\n\n

Response :
========
HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required\nConnection: close\nDate: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:44:36 GMT\nVia: HTTP/1.1 r5.ycpi.s1s.yahoo.net (YahooTrafficServer/1.17.22 [cMsSf ])\nAge: 0\nServer: YTS/1.17.22\n
WWW-Authenticate: OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"\nContent-Type: application/xml\nClient-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:44:36 GMT\nClient-Peer: 209.73.190.208:80\nClient-Response-Num: 1\nClient-Warning: Unsupported authentication scheme 'oauth'\n\n\n\n Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"\n\n\n

Here is the changed version my code..

my $paramHashRef = {
oauth_consumer_key => {hidden},
oauth_nonce => $nonce,
oauth_signature_method => "HMAC-SHA1",
oauth_timestamp => $timestamp,
oauth_version => "1.0"
};
my $content;
#Lexiographically sorting the parameters and parameter encoding the key,value pairs.
#Omitting oauth_token from being double encoding.
foreach my $key (sort keys %$paramHashRef){
my $value;
if ($key == 'oauth_token') {
$value = $$paramHashRef{$key};
}
else {
$value= uri_escape_RFC3986(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$$paramHashRef{$key}));
}
$content .= uri_escape_RFC3986(${key}."=").${value}. uri_escape_RFC3986("&");
$url .= "${key}=$value&";
}
#drop the extra & at the end
chop $content;
chop $url;

#Constructing Signature Base string
my $data = "GET&". uri_escape_RFC3986("http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/$guid/contacts") . "&".$content;
MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "data: $data ");

my $sig_key = parameter_encode(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$shared_secret)) . "&" .parameter_encode(Encode::encode("UTF-8",$oauth_secrettoken));
MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "seecret token: $sig_key");

my $hmac = Digest::HMAC_SHA1->new($sig_key);
$hmac->add($data);
my $signature = $hmac->b64digest;
$signature .= "=";

MLog::write("$_::LOG_DIR/web_contact", "signature : $signature ");

#Inserting the oauth_signature to the query parameter list.Inserting it before oauth_timestamp to maintain the sorted order
my $sig_url .= "oauth_signature=".uri_escape_RFC3986($signature)."&";
$url =~ s/(oauth_timestamp=(.*?)&)/$sig_url$1/;

$request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
my $res = $ua->request($request);
my $response = $res->content;

Please let me know if anyone solved the above problem.

Thanks!

token rejected

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:25:45 -0800

Same problem.

Invalid Token.

token rejected

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:25:45 -0800

Hi. I got same problem.
token_rejected

Did anyone solve this?

Regards

Contacts API

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:34:42 -0800

Hi,

I can successfully authorize a user with BBAuth in .NET using Yahoo.Authentication component.

However I really need help in constructing the URL below:

auth.GetAuthenticatedServiceString(new System.Uri(http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts));

Can some please tell me from where can I get the guid? Is there anything inside Yahoo.Authentication object that I can use? I would highly appreciate a quick response. Thanks in advance.

Best,

Abdul

Contacts API

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:34:42 -0800

Since I'm using BBAuth so I will have to stick to AddressBook API rather than Contacts API. The Contacts API seems to only work with OAuth. Correct me if 'm wrong, thanks.

Blackberry Desktop Manager sync fail with Yahoo! Address Book

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:39 -0800

On 11-11-2009 the Blackberry Desktop Manager (5.0.1) stopped syncing with the Yahoo! Address Book. The application attempts to read a users Yahoo! Address Book and fails. There are numerous reports of this issue. Does anyone know of any changes to the Yahoo! Address Book on that day?

Blackberry Desktop Manager sync fail with Yahoo! Address Book

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:39 -0800

QUOTE (Larry_Luke @ Nov 13 2009, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

On 11-11-2009 the Blackberry Desktop Manager (5.0.1) stopped syncing with the Yahoo! Address Book. The application attempts to read a users Yahoo! Address Book and fails. There are numerous reports of this issue. Does anyone know of any changes to the Yahoo! Address Book on that day?

As far as I am aware nothing changed on that day. You should contact blackberry directly to report this issue: http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/

Testing environment

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:39:45 -0800

Hi to all,

Could someone please let me know if it is possible to test the API (with oauth)
from a local machine

I cannot believe that Yahoo restricts access to their API only from the domain toy enter when getting the API key.
OK, I understand that for security reasons, it's good, but how on earth are we supposed to develop the thing.

How did you all do it?

Thanks

Testing environment

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:39:45 -0800

Hi Vel,

Are you creating an OAuth or an Open application from the dashboard? Unfortunately, as you have already seen, you cannot create an application with a non-public, local URL. If you are creating an OAuth application have you tried making a desktop application instead of a web application? The OAuth flow will not forward you back to the application but you should be able to bypass the URL authentication that way.

- Jon

Domain Verification Failed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:36:56 -0800

Step 1: Create an Empty Verification File
File Name: 1xLxLGI3IxiYtmsPYfGZmg--.html
Step 2: Upload Verification File
Server to Verify:www.1796.com.tw
Url to check:http://www.1796.com.tw/1xLxLGI3IxiYtmsPYfGZmg--.html
Place the file you created in step 1 at the document root of this server.

Domain Verification Failed
There was an internal error while an application is being created. Please try again.

who can help me!

Domain Verification Failed

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:36:56 -0800

Hi vinson,

It's possible that the problem has to do with some of the data that is set in the applicaiton. Can you make sure of a few things when creating the application:

Make sure you aren't using the words Yahoo or Y! in your app title or description. This will cause an error because they are restricted keywords
Make sure that the app url and domain url have the same root domain. If they don't, you will probably see an error like this.

If those don't provide a solution, can you please provide all of the information that you are adding in when creating your application (app name / description / app url / domain url / etc.) and I'll take a closer look.

Thanks.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Technology Evangelist
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

yahoo registration

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:43 -0800

hi
I am using dyuproject-openid in my project for registering with yahoo .I did not get the value of email in my project...If Iam registring with google its getting.
what will be the reason AxSchemaExtension is null for yahoo

yahoo registration

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:16:43 -0800

I'm not sure I understand your request - can you please elaborate on the problem?

- Jon

Continue getting 401 error while trying to get_request_token

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:06:21 -0800

Hi, i followed the instruction at
http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oau...th-requesttoken (STEP 2)
but always get the 401 error.

I am using C# and i also try to put the oauth params to the request header but it does not help.
I saw that many people here keep getting this problem. Is there any final answer?

Thanks

Continue getting 401 error while trying to get_request_token

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:06:21 -0800

QUOTE (Nguyễn Văn Thoại @ Nov 5 2009, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi, i followed the instruction at
http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oau...th-requesttoken (STEP 2)
but always get the 401 error.

I am using C# and i also try to put the oauth params to the request header but it does not help.
I saw that many people here keep getting this problem. Is there any final answer?

Thanks

Nguyen,

It is working for me, can your provide the request/response including headers? Also, you can use the C# open social sdk to make this a bit easier: http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/#opensocial

Continue getting 401 error while trying to get_request_token

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:06:21 -0800

Hi Dustin,

Sorry for the late response.
I am currently get an other issue which i mentioned here: http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php...&#entry9916

If you have any suggestion, please let me know. Thank you very much.

Continue getting 401 error while trying to get_request_token

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:06:21 -0800

I am also having a problem with 401 error when trying to get a request token from yahoo contact api. I am using the latest OAuthBase.cs
This is very frustrating I don't know why it has to be so complicated to get this working. PLEASE HELP!!!!

Here is the code being used:

Uri YahooAuthRequestToken = new Uri("https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_token");

OAuth.OAuthBase oAuth = new OAuth.OAuthBase();
string nonce = oAuth.GenerateNonce();
string timeStamp = oAuth.GenerateTimeStamp();
string sig = oAuth.GenerateSignature(YahooAuthRequestToken,
consumerKey, consumerSecret,
string.Empty, string.Empty,
"GET", timeStamp, nonce,
OAuth.OAuthBase.SignatureTypes.HMACSHA1,out normaluri , out normaluriparam);

sig = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(sig);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(YahooAuthRequestToken.ToString());
sb.AppendFormat("?oauth_callback={0}&", "oob");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_consumer_key={0}&", consumerKey);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_nonce={0}&", nonce);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_timestamp={0}&", timeStamp);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_signature_method={0}&", "HMAC-SHA1");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_version={0}&", "1.0");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_signature={0}", sig.ToString());

try
{

request = WebRequest.Create(sb.ToString()) as HttpWebRequest;

using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
StreamReader GetAuthToken = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
YahooAuthToken = GetAuthToken.ReadToEnd();
MessageBox.Show(YahooAuthToken);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show( "ERROR: " + ex.Message);
}

HERE IS THE VALUE OF sb.ToString() in the WebRequest.Create(sb.ToString()

https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_re...llback=oob&
oauth_consumer_key=dj0yJmk0bd...(REMOVED FOR MY APP SECURTIY)...meD1kMw--
&oauth_nonce=4228703&oauth_timestamp=126890185&oauth_signature
_method=HMAC-SHA1&oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=kSUT6rXzpTgnDwdmbHMAjNQjOZU%3d

Consuming Contacts API service on local environment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:25 -0800

I am new to the Contacts API service. I have just been registering an API key for my development. Unfortunately, our application domain is just local and invisible to Yahoo, so it could not be verified by Yahoo. So how can I solve this issue? Is there any development server out there which does not ask for these information.

Thank you,
-Danny

Consuming Contacts API service on local environment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:25 -0800

There are free for a year joyent servers that you can use for this: http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=3026 . That should allow you to continue with your development.

- Jon

Consuming Contacts API service on local environment

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:25 -0800

Thanks Jon.

signature_invalid: Getting Contact details from address book

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700

I have done all the Oauth steps needed to get the Access token from the Yahoo. But when I am trying to make yahoo api call to get the contact details, it is giving following error...

xml:lang='en-US'>
Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"

Oct 11, 2009 11:37:17 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector processWWWAuthChallenge
WARNING: Unable to respond to any of these challenges: {oauth=OAuth oauth_problem="signature_invalid", realm="yahooapis.com"}

Commands that I used to call the api is given below:

String address = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/" + guid + "/contacts" ; // guid is the guid recd. from yahoo

PostMethod getContactMethod = new PostMethod(address);

String header = "OAuth realm=\"yahooapis.com\"," + "oauth_consumer_key=" +"\"" + strOauthConsumerKey +"\"," + "oauth_token=" + "\"" + strOauthToken + "\"," + "oauth_signature_method=\"HMAC-SHA1\"," + "oauth_signature=" + "\"" + signature + "\"," + "oauth_timestamp=" + "\"" + strOauthTimestamp + "\"," + "oauth_nonce=" + "\"" + strOauthNonce + "\"," + "oauth_version=" + "\"" + strOauthVersion + "\"";

/* 'signature' in above statement is calculated using HMAC-sha1 algorithm.. I verified its return value from the example given in yahoo contact documentation... so it cann't be wrong....

Header head = new Header("Authorization", header); // is it a proper way of setting authorization header....
getContactMethod.setRequestHeader(head);

client.executeMethod(getContactMethod); // client is HttpClient instance

Can somebody point out where I am making mistake. I have doubt about setting the authorization header in post request.. Have I done it correctly... Plz respond... I have already wasted a lot of time on this...

signature_invalid: Getting Contact details from address book

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700

I have the same problem. I use HMAC-SHA1 method for getting request token and when I use this method for getting contacts list I got error signature invalid. Did you find any solution?

signature_invalid: Getting Contact details from address book

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700

i too have the same problem. Anyone have any solution please?

signature_invalid: Getting Contact details from address book

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700

We got oauth successfully with plaintext, failed to get Yahoo contact with plain text, signature method rejected; Used by applying HMAC consumeSecret and concat with "&" + HAMC of tokenSecret. It fails with the message oauth_problem=signature_invalid. Can someone at Yahoo respond with a solution. Our code is in hava.

signature_invalid: Getting Contact details from address book

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700

It seems that many people have run into the same issues and Yahoo doesn't have the answer for this Is yahoo serious about these forums and resolving this issues that so many people have posted. The only option we have now is to move on with gmail, msn and other email service integrations.

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

I feel like I have to be missing something simple. I've struggled painfully through all the OAuth hurdles and have finally arrived at the point where I believe I should be able to actually get my contacts. That being said, I'm missing the clear and concise documentation for how to do this. For instance, when I look here (http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api_guide/contacts-resource.html) all I can see is that I'm supposed to use this url (http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts). But, I don't see how to incorporate any of the values I got back in my last OAuth call (which was this: http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oau...th-accesstoken).

I have all the data that was returned to me (as described in that prior link - the oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, oauth_expires_in, oauth_session_handle, oauth_authorization_expires_in & xoauth_yahoo_guid values). I just don't see anywhere that tells me how to properly build the url for the next step, which is actually calling the Yahoo Contacts API and retrieving my contacts. I assume the {guid} placeholder in the url http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts should be replaced by the value of the xoauth_yahoo_guid param returned to me, but am not sure about anything else.

Thanks in advance,
BN

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

So I found this link: http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oau...ke-request.html

Still getting: {"error":{"lang":"en-US","description":"Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem=\"signature_invalid\", realm=\"yahooapis.com\""}}

I've tried it with the params in the url, I've tried it by setting the Authorization header and I've tried it by doing both. Still no luck. Any hints on what to look at next in terms of debugging this PITA?

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

Trying more things... feel like I'm totally stabbing in the dark. Now I'm getting this:

{"error":{"lang":"en-US","description":"Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem=\"unable_to_determine_oauth_type\", realm=\"yahooapis.com\""}}

Any thoughts or hints at all?

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (bryan.noll @ Oct 2 2009, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Trying more things... feel like I'm totally stabbing in the dark. Now I'm getting this:

{"error":{"lang":"en-US","description":"Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem=\"unable_to_determine_oauth_type\", realm=\"yahooapis.com\""}}

Any thoughts or hints at all?

I'm on the same boat as you bryan.
It looks to me that there is a bug on yahoo's side when verifying the "Authorization" header on the request ("http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/" + guid+ "/contacts")

Yahoo devs, please take a look at this issue.
I'm trying to setup an oauth demo for yahoo on http://dyuproject.appspot.com ... this bug is the show stopper.
You can see the output (hidden link) at http://dyuproject.appspot.com/oauth/yahoo/contacts

Here is the code (using http://code.google.com/p/dyuproject):

CODE

public final class OAuthYahooService extends AbstractService
{
    
    
    static final Consumer __consumer = Consumer.getInstance();
    static final Endpoint __yahooEndpoint = __consumer.getEndpoint("api.login.yahoo.com");

    @Override
    protected void init()
    {
        
    }
    
    @HttpResource(location="/oauth/yahoo/contacts")
    @Get
    public void service(RequestContext rc) throws IOException
    {
        HttpServletRequest request = rc.getRequest();
        HttpServletResponse response = rc.getResponse();
        
        Token token = __consumer.getToken(__yahooEndpoint.getConsumerKey(), request);
        switch(token.getState())
        {
            case Token.UNITIALIZED:
                String requestUrl = request.getRequestURL().toString();
                UrlEncodedParameterMap params = new UrlEncodedParameterMap()
                    .add(Constants.OAUTH_CALLBACK, requestUrl);
                    
                Response r = __consumer.fetchToken(__yahooEndpoint, params, 
                        TokenExchange.REQUEST_TOKEN, token);                
                if(r.getStatus()==200 && token.getState()==Token.UNAUTHORIZED)
                {
                    // unauthorized request token
                    __consumer.saveToken(token, request, response);
                    StringBuilder urlBuffer = Transport.buildAuthUrl(
                            __yahooEndpoint.getAuthorizationUrl(), token, requestUrl);
                    response.sendRedirect(urlBuffer.toString());
                }
                break;
                
            case Token.UNAUTHORIZED:
                String verifier = request.getParameter(Constants.OAUTH_VERIFIER);
                if(verifier==null)
                {
                    // the user has possibly pressed the back button and retried
                    // so we redirect and let the user authenticate
                    StringBuilder urlBuffer = Transport.buildAuthUrl(
                            __yahooEndpoint.getAuthorizationUrl(), token, 
                            request.getRequestURL().toString());
                    Transport.appendToUrl("hd", "default", urlBuffer);
                    response.sendRedirect(urlBuffer.toString());
                }
                else if(token.authorize(request.getParameter(Constants.OAUTH_TOKEN), verifier))
                {
                    if(fetchAccessToken(token, request, response))
                        queryContacts(token, request, response);
                    else
                        __consumer.saveToken(token, request, response);
                }
                break;
                
            case Token.AUTHORIZED:
                if(fetchAccessToken(token, request, response))
                    queryContacts(token, request, response);
                break;
                
            case Token.ACCESS_TOKEN:
                queryContacts(token, request, response);
                break;
                
            default:
                response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/oauth/yahoo");
        }
        System.err.println("token: " + token.getState() + " | " + token.getAttributes());
    }
    
    public boolean fetchAccessToken(Token token, HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
    {
        // authorized request token
        UrlEncodedParameterMap params = new UrlEncodedParameterMap();
        
        Response r = __consumer.fetchToken(__yahooEndpoint, params, TokenExchange.ACCESS_TOKEN, 
                token);
        if(r.getStatus()==200 && token.getState()==Token.ACCESS_TOKEN)
        {
            // access token
            __consumer.saveToken(token, request, response);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
    
    void queryContacts(Token token, HttpServletRequest request, 
            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
    {
        String guid = (String)token.getAttribute("xoauth_yahoo_guid");
        String contactsUrl = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/" + guid+ "/contacts";
        Response r = serviceGET(contactsUrl, __consumer.getConsumerContext(), __yahooEndpoint, 
                token, request, response);
        
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(r.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
        response.setContentType("text/xml");
        PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
        for(String line=null; (line=br.readLine())!=null;)
            pw.append(line);
    }
    
    public static Response serviceGET(String serviceUrl, ConsumerContext context, Endpoint ep, 
            Token token, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) 
            throws IOException
    {
        HttpConnector connector = context.getHttpConnector();
        UrlEncodedParameterMap params = new UrlEncodedParameterMap(serviceUrl);
        context.getNonceAndTimestamp().put(params, token.getCk());
        Parameter authorization = new Parameter("Authorization", 
                HttpAuthTransport.getAuthHeaderValue(params, ep, token, 
                context.getNonceAndTimestamp(),  ep.getSignature()));
        return connector.doGET(params.getUrl(), authorization);
        
    }

}

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

The problem is when the oauth parameters are transported via the "Authorization" header. That's seriously a bug that needs fixing.

The workaround for my part is that the oauth parameters are transported via normal HTTP GET parameters (query string) instead.

I've updated http://dyuproject.appspot.com/ with these changes for the mean time. Hopefully, the bug will be fixed sooner.

Cheers

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (davidyu_ftw @ Oct 13 2009, 08:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The problem is when the oauth parameters are transported via the "Authorization" header. That's seriously a bug that needs fixing.

The workaround for my part is that the oauth parameters are transported via normal HTTP GET parameters (query string) instead.

I've updated http://dyuproject.appspot.com/ with these changes for the mean time. Hopefully, the bug will be fixed sooner.

Cheers

I am too facing the same problem. I have got the access token from yahoo successfully but not getting contacts. Getting the signature invalid problem..

Initially I thought I was making some mistakes with the baseString or setting oauth parameters in authorization header.
As there is not enough on yahoo documentation, bryan or davidyu can u please share something about basestring and setting oauth parameters. I may be right on those things but just want to confirm whether I am also on your level.

Can yahoo developer share something on this as so many people are facing the problem in getting the contacts from yahoo address book....

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (reset21123 @ Oct 13 2009, 08:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am too facing the same problem. I have got the access token from yahoo successfully but not getting contacts. Getting the signature invalid problem..

Initially I thought I was making some mistakes with the baseString or setting oauth parameters in authorization header.
As there is not enough on yahoo documentation, bryan or davidyu can u please share something about basestring and setting oauth parameters. I may be right on those things but just want to confirm whether I am also on your level.

Can yahoo developer share something on this as so many people are facing the problem in getting the contacts from yahoo address book....

@davidyu_ftw
Are u getting contacts after passing the oauth parameters with query string...
Me still getting the same signature invalid problem even when using query string....
I am passing like this in the brower window ...

http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/hidden...tpfUgN%2BwtY%3D

is it right...

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (reset21123 @ Oct 13 2009, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

@davidyu_ftw
Are u getting contacts after passing the oauth parameters with query string...
Me still getting the same signature invalid problem even when using query string....
I am passing like this in the brower window ...

http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/hidden...tpfUgN%2BwtY%3D

is it right...

If you're getting a signature invalid problem, you might not have signed the oauth parameters that are appended to the query string.
The oath library you are using should take care of that for you.

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (davidyu_ftw @ Oct 14 2009, 06:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you're getting a signature invalid problem, you might not have signed the oauth parameters that are appended to the query string.
The oath library you are using should take care of that for you.

Can you reply with the full http request and response? Also, what is the signature base string you are using? If you are using a standard oauth client or yahoo sdk it should be fine: http://github.com/yahoo

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

I am facing exactly same problem as this problem.

I have been through the OAuth process. Then finally I have obtained the "xoauth_yahoo_guid".
I believe that this guid should be used with

http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts

So I have used the "xoauth_yahoo_guid" in {guid}.

Then I keep on getting this.

-
Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

Is there any way to retrieve the contact? or seriously bug in Yahoo contact API so that there is no way to control the contact data??
If anyone can answer this, that would be great.

Thanks,
Akira

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

QUOTE (Akira @ Jan 5 2010, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I am facing exactly same problem as this problem.

I have been through the OAuth process. Then finally I have obtained the "xoauth_yahoo_guid".
I believe that this guid should be used with

http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts

So I have used the "xoauth_yahoo_guid" in {guid}.

Then I keep on getting this.

-
Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

Is there any way to retrieve the contact? or seriously bug in Yahoo contact API so that there is no way to control the contact data??
If anyone can answer this, that would be great.

Thanks,
Akira

Are you including the oauth version in the requests? Are you sending the oauth credentials via http header or query parameters? Can you include the complete http request/response?

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

Can anyone please help I can't even get the Auth Token in the first place I keep getting a 401 error. Can anyone please send me a working code example at hardcorehire@yahoo.com or post here any ideas. Here is the code I am using to try and get the auth token

CODE:

Uri YahooAuthRequestToken = new Uri("https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_request_token");

OAuth.OAuthBase oAuth = new OAuth.OAuthBase();
string nonce = oAuth.GenerateNonce();
string timeStamp = oAuth.GenerateTimeStamp();
string sig = oAuth.GenerateSignature(YahooAuthRequestToken,
consumerKey, consumerSecret,
string.Empty, string.Empty,
"GET", timeStamp, nonce,
OAuth.OAuthBase.SignatureTypes.HMACSHA1,out normaluri , out normaluriparam);

sig = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(sig);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(YahooAuthRequestToken.ToString());
sb.AppendFormat("?oauth_callback={0}&", "oob");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_consumer_key={0}&", consumerKey);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_nonce={0}&", nonce);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_timestamp={0}&", timeStamp);
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_signature_method={0}&", "HMAC-SHA1");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_version={0}&", "1.0");
sb.AppendFormat("oauth_signature={0}", sig.ToString());

try
{

request = WebRequest.Create(sb.ToString()) as HttpWebRequest;

using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
StreamReader GetAuthToken = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
YahooAuthToken = GetAuthToken.ReadToEnd();
MessageBox.Show(YahooAuthToken);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show( "ERROR: " + ex.Message);
}

HERE IS THE sb.ToString() in the "request = WebRequest.Create(sb.ToString()) as HttpWebRequest; " LINE:
https://api.login.yahoo.com/oauth/v2/get_re...llback=oob&
oauth_consumer_key=dj0yJmk9...(removed for security)...QmeD1kMw--&
oauth_nonce=4228703&oauth_timestamp=1262890185&oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1&
oauth_version=1.0&oauth_signature=kSUT6rXzpTgnDwdmbHMAjNQjOZU%3d

Actually getting Contacts after jumping through all the OAuth loops

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:11:00 -0700

Thanks for your response.

QUOTE (Dustin Whittle @ Jan 7 2010, 01:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are you including the oauth version in the requests?
Are you sending the oauth credentials via http header or query parameters? Can you include the complete http request/response?

I am afraid that I have not included the oauth version in the request.
As soon as I have received following parameter as a part of OAuth process (No.4 in document),

oauth_token=AAA
oauth_token_secret=BBB
oauth_expires_in=3600
oauth_session_handle=CCC
oauth_authorization_expires_in=884656234
xoauth_yahoo_guid=DDD

I have called that
http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/DDD/contacts

I may not read the documentation carefully...
How could I include oauth version in the request? and also how could I do
"sending the oauth credentials via http header or query parameters?"

Thanks in advance,
Akira

PHP5 Contacts API?

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:24:43 -0700

Is there some form of the Yahoo Contacts API (Not the Yahoo Address Book API) that is written with PHP5 in mind, because in it's current form it refuses to work on my PHP5 server.

PHP5 Contacts API?

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:24:43 -0700

Hi Adam,

The contacts API contains a series of URI endpoints that may be called from any language. For instance, in PHP 5 you may make an OAuth signed request to the endpoints to capture the data. If you're looking for an implementation SDK I would take a look at our PHP SDK: http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/

If there's something specific which you are trying to do, or the exact error that you are seeing on your server, please let us know and we'll do what we can to help.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (Adam @ Aug 27 2009, 02:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Is there some form of the Yahoo Contacts API (Not the Yahoo Address Book API) that is written with PHP5 in mind, because in it's current form it refuses to work on my PHP5 server.

Yahoo Addressbook API returning Error 302

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:20 -0700

Is there some kind of service issue with the Yahoo Address book API right now? I am trying to implement Addressbook API integration in the php webapp I'm working on but Yahoo keeps returning this 302 error.

I'm using the ybrowserauth.class.php5 file provided by Yahoo and calling makeAuthWSgetCall to the URL:

http://address.yahooapis.com/v1/searchCont...email.present=1

What I receive back is:

302 Moved Temporarily

Moved Temporarily

You are being redirected to a new location because:

[code=BYPASSED_URL] The client request was forwarded directly to the origin server. No action is required.

Checking the HTML headers reveals that the Redirect is sending me to the same address I called makeAuthWSgetCall with.

What is going on?

Is Yahoo broken?

Yahoo Addressbook API returning Error 302

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:20 -0700

Adam,

We are not aware of anything here that would be causing this but I'll get your message to the Address Book team. We did have one other developer mention this yesterday, so it seems to be affecting few people, but that's still too many!

Thanks,
Robyn Tippins
Community Manager, YDN

Yahoo Addressbook API returning Error 302

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:20 -0700

I found a simple fix for this issue.

In the ybrowserauth.class.php5 file add the following lines below line 316:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 10);

This causes curl to follow the 302 location and retrieve the addressbook entries.

Yahoo Addressbook API returning Error 302

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:20 -0700

For use dumb users how is this done?

I have been unable to email anyone with a yahoo email for over a week now.

Alma Jo

Yahoo Addressbook API returning Error 302

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:15:20 -0700

Alma Jo,

Please visit help.yahoo.com and click on Mail. Customer Service agents should be able to help you.

Robyn Tippins
Community Manager, YDN

Doesn't update mail

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:52:02 -0700

All weekend everttime I hit refresh on mail I get a box that says something about having problems. I click OK then it comes up. What is going on?

Doesn't update mail

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:52:02 -0700

Please give more details!

QUOTE (Richard B @ Aug 9 2009, 11:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

All weekend everttime I hit refresh on mail I get a box that says something about having problems. I click OK then it comes up. What is going on?

Doesn't update mail

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:52:02 -0700

Hi Richard, I would suggest contacting the Mail team via their support forms. Their contact details are listing in this post: http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1716

Also, you'll want to provide more details on the problem when contacting them, such as the the account id and a more detailed description. We don't have access to your account information here in YDN for security reasons.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (Richard B @ Aug 9 2009, 11:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

All weekend everttime I hit refresh on mail I get a box that says something about having problems. I click OK then it comes up. What is going on?

We're Sorry, Your contacts data failed to load

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:39:09 -0700

Dear all...
Hello.

This is a problem i have been facing looooooooooooooong time ago! and its getting into my nerves!

When composing, forwarding, or replying an email, contacts cant be loaded into needed fields! yet the message "We're Sorry, Your contacts data failed to load" appears; whether on clicking the To, Cc, Bcc field or by depending on the auto complete option, the result is the same! nevertheless opening the contacts from the contacts on the left pane works fine and i see all my contacts! but it doesnt make sense to copy and paste each contact! beside i have groups; and i prefer using the groups on the individaul contacts!

I have done some search on this incident, and i have tried all the suggested ways to fix it.... yet NOTHING!

This problem happens at home, all the time, and, sometimes, at work. Baring in mind that I have an ADSL service at home!!!!

Please direct me to fix this problem, or YAHOO! fix it! its really starting to bother me over and over and over! and im thinking of leaving yahoo and quit using it since i cant make any use of my contacts and its KILLING and drving me bored!

Please Help!

Many thanks.

Eve

We're Sorry, Your contacts data failed to load

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:39:09 -0700

Hi Eve,

The best thing to do would be to contact the Mail team via their help forms. You can find links to these within the following post: http://developer.yahoo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1716

We unfortunately don't have access to your account details within YDN for security reasons, so customer support will be one of the only methods to find a resolution.

- Jon

QUOTE (Evest @ Aug 9 2009, 02:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dear all...
Hello.

This is a problem i have been facing looooooooooooooong time ago! and its getting into my nerves!

When composing, forwarding, or replying an email, contacts cant be loaded into needed fields! yet the message "We're Sorry, Your contacts data failed to load" appears; whether on clicking the To, Cc, Bcc field or by depending on the auto complete option, the result is the same! nevertheless opening the contacts from the contacts on the left pane works fine and i see all my contacts! but it doesnt make sense to copy and paste each contact! beside i have groups; and i prefer using the groups on the individaul contacts!

I have done some search on this incident, and i have tried all the suggested ways to fix it.... yet NOTHING!

This problem happens at home, all the time, and, sometimes, at work. Baring in mind that I have an ADSL service at home!!!!

Please direct me to fix this problem, or YAHOO! fix it! its really starting to bother me over and over and over! and im thinking of leaving yahoo and quit using it since i cant make any use of my contacts and its KILLING and drving me bored!

Please Help!

Many thanks.

Eve

Get a user GUID

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:41:14 -0700

It feels like I've tried everything and have read all the documentation including

http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api...d-resource.html

and i recieve this

Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

however i am not using oauth...i spent 2 weeks trying to get that to work and couldn't figure out how to get a valid signature for the auth token.

I would greatly appreciate any help...please try to address this specific issue and please dont just paste a link to documentation

Get a user GUID

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:41:14 -0700

If you're trying to access private information about a user you will need to make an OAuth signed request to do so. Our SDKs allow you to do this easily, or you can build your own OAuth request to do so. If you could provide a code snippet of what you are doing I can see what we can do to help you along.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (connexiondeveloper @ Jul 28 2009, 02:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It feels like I've tried everything and have read all the documentation including

http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api...d-resource.html

and i recieve this

Please provide valid credentials. OAuth oauth_problem="unable_to_determine_oauth_type", realm="yahooapis.com"

however i am not using oauth...i spent 2 weeks trying to get that to work and couldn't figure out how to get a valid signature for the auth token.

I would greatly appreciate any help...please try to address this specific issue and please dont just paste a link to documentation

Finding number of contacts

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:04 -0700

Hi,

Is there a query through which I can find the number of contacts without actually getting the remaining fields information using the contacts API or YQL?

-Mike

Finding number of contacts

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:04 -0700

I'm not familiar with a method for capturing the # of contacts without actually capturing the contact details...I'll keep digging and if I do come across something I'll post it.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (Mike @ Jul 21 2009, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi,

Is there a query through which I can find the number of contacts without actually getting the remaining fields information using the contacts API or YQL?

-Mike

Finding number of contacts

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:15:04 -0700

I sent messages around and the only method that I received a response about was the same one that was mentioned - you'll need to make a request to collect the contacts in order to get the number of contacts. You can do this by specifying the number of contacts to return as "max".

- Jon

Deleted Contacts

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:11:08 -0700

Hi,

I am developing an application using Java that retrieves contacts from the Yahoo server. I need to know which all contacts have been deleted. Is there some way of doing this. (I mean is Deleted Contacts also a contact category ?). If not please tell me how to identify which contacts were deleted.

Thanks
Mike

Deleted Contacts

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:11:08 -0700

I've looked through the contacts api and addressbook api to see if there is a method for doing this and I don't see a deleted categorization - or a method for capturing deleted contacts. I've sent out an internal e-mail about your contact related questions to see if anyone else here may know of a way to capture this data.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (Mike @ Jul 20 2009, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi,

I am developing an application using Java that retrieves contacts from the Yahoo server. I need to know which all contacts have been deleted. Is there some way of doing this. (I mean is Deleted Contacts also a contact category ?). If not please tell me how to identify which contacts were deleted.

Thanks
Mike

Deleted Contacts

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:11:08 -0700

Just to follow up on this - there will not be a facility to accomplish this type of call (for deleted contacts) due to privacy concerns. Developers should not have access to the deleted contacts of a user in an official capacity because the user has chosen to delete those individuals, so historic records are not made available.

- Jon

created time only

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:54:13 -0700

Hi Guys,

I need to send a query to the contacts API to fetch contacts created after a particular time. I am being able to connect to the API and retrieve all the contacts of a user, but I need some help to get this query.

Thanks
Mike

created time only

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:54:13 -0700

You can probably build a filter quest on the URI that you are calling. Filters and some samples are discussed here: http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api...s-resource.html

- Jon

QUOTE (Mike @ Jul 19 2009, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Guys,

I need to send a query to the contacts API to fetch contacts created after a particular time. I am being able to connect to the API and retrieve all the contacts of a user, but I need some help to get this query.

Thanks
Mike

How to delete an application from the dashboard

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:14:58 -0700

Does anybody know how to delete an application from the dashboard at https://developer.yahoo.com/dashboard/
There is a delete link on the show secret page but that doesn't seem to do anything.
This should be a simple task!
Any ideas?

How to delete an application from the dashboard

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:14:58 -0700

From the dashboard if you click on the name of the application (not the edit app link) you'll see a "Delete This Application" link at the top of the right column. I just tested that out and it seems to work well for me. Please let me know if there are issues with this.

- Jon

QUOTE (Jack N @ Jul 13 2009, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Does anybody know how to delete an application from the dashboard at https://developer.yahoo.com/dashboard/
There is a delete link on the show secret page but that doesn't seem to do anything.
This should be a simple task!
Any ideas?

AddressBook Desktop Client

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:08:25 -0700

Hi,

I am new to YDN. I would like to know if after getting the token for a user can we use that token and application id to setup http connections from other IP's instead of the endpoint URL specified...Basically I wanted to know if the endpoint URL was the only way of communicating with the Yahoo Server.

Thanks
Mike

How to get the contacts GUID?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:56:44 -0700

I know a user's GUID. I want to get all tgeir contacts. I make an oauth enabled request to

resource_url = 'http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/(yahooid)/contacts'

This gives me the data which I parse to get a dict, which is described here,

http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api...OfContactObject

Now I want to get the GUID of the contacts, but apparently there is no way to get that. Since anything interesting in yahoo requires GUID, this means most interesting things are impossible to do.

So is there any way to get the contacts guid, given the user's guid and oauth perms, or is tis impossible?

How to get the contacts GUID?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:56:44 -0700

Ok I have spent too much time trying to understand how the contacts api was designed. Lets see,

Here is the example response when you try to get all contacts via http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/contacts

# {"contact":
# {
# "created" : "date",
# "updated" : "date",
# "uri" : "link",
# "isConnection : boolean,
# "id" : numeric,
# "fields" : [
# Field Object,
# Field Object,
# ...
# ],
# "categories" : [
# Category Object,
# Category Object,
# ...
# ]
# }
# }

Ok so I get everything I dont need(Do most people really care when was this contact last updated?) but not the guid of this contact(which IMO is obviously the most important field), EVEN if they are a yahoo user, with a yahoo_id.

Ok, so maybe I have a a yahoo_id for all my contacts, and I can get my yahoo_id, and correlate, so lets try the TinyUserCard profile api at http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}...le/tinyusercard

This gives reponse in format,

{ "profile" : { "guid" : "text", "nickname" : "text", "image": { "size": WxH, "width": numeric, "height": numeric, "imageUrl": "link" } "gender" : "M" | "F" | "UNSPECIFIED", "profileUrl" : "link", "uri" : "link", } }

Which doesn't have yahoo_id.

Frankly that is totally weird API design IMO. What format I can get data in for my contacts, shouldn't I be able to get for myself as well? With an APi endpoint like, http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/{guid}/self .

For example see the Google Contacts API,

http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/...pers_guide.html

The API endpoint http://www-opensocial.googleusercontent.co...eople/@me/@self gives data in exact same format as http://www-opensocial.googleusercontent.co...people/@me/@all .

So what am I failing to understand?

Fetching the user's own email address with Yahoo! Contacts API (the OAuth one)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:29:55 -0700

Hey there!

I'm wondering if it is even possible to get the user's email address from the GUID (if there is one). I'd love to have this information as it would be useful to display it to the user (internally we use the GUID). I did search all the headers and the OAuth tokens for such information but I was unable to find it.

I do realize that the user might change the email address and that the GUID is unique and immutable but I'd still rather display an email address.

Thanks,
Tiago Macedo

Fetching the user's own email address with Yahoo! Contacts API (the OAuth one)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:29:55 -0700

Unfortunately no, there isn't a method for making a guid to e-mail conversion. Since the GUID is utilized over many different Yahoo! services, it may correlate to many different e-mail addresses or logins, which would be the issue in converting it to something identifiable I'm afraid.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

QUOTE (Tiago @ Jun 26 2009, 04:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey there!

I'm wondering if it is even possible to get the user's email address from the GUID (if there is one). I'd love to have this information as it would be useful to display it to the user (internally we use the GUID). I did search all the headers and the OAuth tokens for such information but I was unable to find it.

I do realize that the user might change the email address and that the GUID is unique and immutable but I'd still rather display an email address.

Thanks,
Tiago Macedo

Incorrect use of entities

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:32:48 -0700

I'm having an issue with the Contacts API:

If I add a contact a contact in the webmail interface that is

jan&jan2 blabla

Upon fetching it via the API I'll see something like this:

CODE

  <fields yahoo:uri="http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/XXXXXXXXXXX/contact/XXXXXX/name/XXXXXXX" yahoo:created="2009-06-22T10:05:46Z" yahoo:updated="2009-06-22T10:05:46Z">
    <id>XXXXXXX</id>
    <type>name</type>
    <value>
      <givenName>jan&jan2</givenName>
      <middleName/>
      <familyName>blabla</familyName>
      <prefix/>
      <suffix/>
      <givenNameSound/>
      <familyNameSound/>
    </value>
    <editedBy>OWNER</editedBy>
  </fields>

Look at the ampersands, you escape it twice!!!

Tiago

Incorrect use of entities

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:32:48 -0700

Looking into this - will post back with info once i have more details.

- Jon

Incorrect use of entities

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:32:48 -0700

hmm - I just ran a test and my data results returned back as "Test1 & Test2" - can you please provide the code that you are using to capture the contact information?

Thanks.

Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
Twitter: jcleblanc

.NET SDK for OAuth and Contacts API

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:47:33 -0700

Hi Guys,

Is there already a .NET SDK for OAuth and Contacts API? This would be great for .NET developer if they can have access to this kit.
Is there a sample that shows how to use the Contacts API in C#?

Best regards,
Antonio

.NET SDK for OAuth and Contacts API

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:47:33 -0700

Unfortunately we do not have a .NET SDK or C# samples in our repository to provide. We've had several partners build their own OAuth controllers in .NET but those were one use cases. One of those developers who may frequent these forums may be able to provide you with their use case.

- Jon

QUOTE (Antonio @ Jun 17 2009, 11:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Guys,

Is there already a .NET SDK for OAuth and Contacts API? This would be great for .NET developer if they can have access to this kit.
Is there a sample that shows how to use the Contacts API in C#?

Best regards,
Antonio

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