How to get User's GUID? about scribejava HOT 4 CLOSED

Sorry - I need to provide a bit more data... I'm connecting using the YahooApi class and need the user's Yahoo profile information.

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Dana,

Don't really know what you mean by GUID but the access token already has information about the user that authorized your app.

For example making this (hypothetical) call:

GET http://some-api/my-profile

signed with John Doe's access token would retrieve John Doe's profile.

Hopefully I'm clear enough, if not, contact me at fernandezpablo85 at gmail dot com

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Well, in Yahoo's language, the GUID is the unique identifier associated with that user. For example, taking a line from your code in the YahooExample:

private static final String PROTECTED_RESOURCE_URL = "http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/user/A6ROU63MXWDCW3Y5MGCYWVHDJI/profile/status?format=xml";

the GUID would be the A6ROU63MXWDCW3Y5MGCYWVHDJI of that URL. Is this what is returned in the access token?

Thanks.

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haha... I figured it out: I didn't see the other Yahoo API to actually GET the GUID (which, btw, is http://social.yahooapis.com/v1/me/guid?format=xml). You might want to add that to your YahooExample instead of hardcoding that identifier in the PROTECTED_RESOURCE_URL. Great example code, otherwise. Thanks.

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