Getting Started with Yahoo and OAuth

Posted by Andy Edinborough on January 29, 2010

Yahoo doesn’t offer much help to .NET/C# developers when it comes to getting started with using their API’s and OAuth.  So I’ve put together a quick-hit starter pack.

  1. Yahoo! YQL Console
    This is fun for all ages!  I just get all giggly when I see all that Yahoo has made available through YQL (Yahoo Query Language).  You can use this tool to perfect your queries and figure out just what ... Continue Reading
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Tags: c#, oauth, yql, yahoo

C# OAuth Implementation

Posted by on December 17, 2009

AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!

I had to get that out of my system.  I’m not familiar enough with the exact specification of OAuth to know whether it’s Yahoo or Yedda that can’t read a spec, but the Yedda implementation of OAuth available on Google Code, doesn’t even begin to work with Yahoo’s YQL API.  Futhermore, the Yedda implementation is bloated and hard to follow.  Why is it that so many programmers feel the ... Continue Reading

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Tags: .net, c#, yahoo, oauth

Use Late-Binding in C# Now, without .NET 4.0

Posted by on June 17, 2009

The lack of late-binding in C# has been one of my biggest gripes about C#.  Finally, in the .NET Framework v4.0, the dynamic keyword has been introduced (it could be argued that it is too loose—allowing for variant types).  But until it is released, the need still exists, and even then, not all clients will immediately support it.  So, in a bind, I wrote a simple class to allow access ... Continue Reading

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