# module OAuth

##
Overview

The OAuth module provides an `OAuth::Consumer` as specified by RFC 5849.

NOTE To use `OAuth`, you must explicitly import it with `require "oauth"`

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Performing HTTP client requests with OAuth authentication

Assuming you have an access token, its secret, the consumer key and the consumer secret, you can setup an `HTTP::Client` to be authenticated with OAuth using this code:

    require "http/client"
    require "oauth"

    token = "some_token"
    secret = "some_secret"
    consumer_key = "some_consumer_key"
    consumer_secret = "some_consumer_secret"

    # Create an HTTP::Client as usual
    client = HTTP::Client.new("api.example.com", tls: true)

    # Prepare it for using OAuth authentication
    OAuth.authenticate(client, token, secret, consumer_key, consumer_secret)

    # Execute requests as usual: they will be authenticated
    client.get("/some_path")

This is implemented with `HTTP::Client#before_request` to add an authorization header to every request.

Alternatively, you can create an `OAuth::Consumer` and then invoke its `OAuth::Consumer#authenticate` method, or create an `OAuth::AccessToken` and invoke its `OAuth::AccessToken#authenticate`.

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Obtaining access tokens

See `OAuth::Consumer` for an example.

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Defined in:

oauth/access_token.cr
oauth/oauth.cr

##
Class Method Summary

- .authenticate(client : HTTP::Client, token, token_secret, consumer_key, consumer_secret, extra_params = nil) : Nil

  Sets up an `HTTP::Client` to add an OAuth authorization header to every request performed.

##
Class Method Detail

def self.authenticate(client : HTTP::Client, token, token_secret, consumer_key, consumer_secret, extra_params = nil) : Nil #

Sets up an `HTTP::Client` to add an OAuth authorization header to every request performed. Check this module's docs for an example usage.