2.2.2.13. OpenSocial 2-legged OAuth

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This section is about configuring the 2-legged OAuth scenario in OpenSocial. (Reference: OpenSocial.org)

For more information, visit 2-legged OAuth for the OpenSocial REST API.

Generate the key

$ openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout testkey.pem \
     -out testkey.pem -subj '/CN=mytestkey'
$ openssl pkcs8 -in testkey.pem -out oauthkey.pem -topk8 -nocrypt -outform PEM

Configure the property file

Edit container.js and change the following parameter to point to your private key and key name.

"gadgets.signingKeyFile" : "oauth.pem",
"gadgets.signingKeyName" : "oauthKey",