blog - authentication

How to get a AuthSub session token for Google's GData

One of the more interesting things when talking to Google is Authentication. Basically, there are two methods available... The simple solution is to use username and password, the other option would be token based authentication. ... Read More

Simple authentication in Sinatra with Janrain Engage

As soon as your Sinatra app gets a bit more complicated, and you need a more sophisticated feature you cannot rely on all the nice plugins available for Rails. So you end up either writing something yourself, or using an external solution. ... Read More

Integrating Google Federated Login with your Rails app

When making one of your apps available on the google apps marketplace and you're not aiming for the full integration, pretty much all you have to do, is to allow a user to sign-in to your app using his google account. ... Read More