I have developed a fb app and the front end side is working great with my own db.
Now I want to make a python program that runs through the command line which posts to my fb account.
I know with this I need to access the access token as I come across this while access my app outside fb which does not function properly unless run inside the fb iframe.
So is there a python sdk etc so that I can access the access token and or storing the access token in the db so python can pull it out then use the python sdk to post if exists.
Thanks
PyFacebook is a thin wrapper for accessing Facebook's RESTful API through Python.
https://github.com/pythonforfacebook/facebook-sdk
facebook-sdk, a set of essential tools for working with Facebook in Python.
django-facebook, an extensible django plugin for building facebook integrated sites.
http://www.pythonforfacebook.com/
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I'm trying to submit a query into Google's BigQuery and retrieve results - all from a python script. While there's straightforward documentation on doing so, the only option that I've found for querying from private tables/collections is to use an authorization code. However, this python script is utilized via a webpage used by users who know nothing about code - therefore there is no room to get/submit authorization codes, as the user simply uses the webpage and python script by clicking a few buttons. Is there any way to get the authorization code and submit it behind the scenes, or to query a private table without an authorization code altogether (best option)? Thanks so much!
You can use a service account:
Client libraries can use Application Default Credentials to easily
authenticate with Google APIs and send requests to those APIs. With
Application Default Credentials, you can test your application locally
and deploy it without changing the underlying code
https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/authentication#bigquery-authentication-python
I am developing an app using the Facebook Ads api. Initially it is just a Python script which downloads ads performance information from my client and stores it in a database, where it is combined with information from other sources in order to provide better reporting for them.
It is not a web app (yet). It is just a Python script, working for a single business user account (yet!).
The developer token clearly isn't enough because it limits access to 5 Ads Accounts. I would like to upgrade to basic account however the approval form requires things such as providing a video demo, website of the app, privacy policy, etc. The app doesn't have those because it is not intended for general use (yet!!).
It seems that only an app focused on other Facebook users can apply to a Basic access token.
Is this so?
How can I upgrade my access token if my app is just a Python script running on a server?
Thank you! :-)
Okay, so I just ended up filling the form and when asked for instructions of how to run the demo I explained that the app wasn't "demonstrable".
And the app tier was upgraded automatically.
I have a website and I need to test it with 250 users. However, I am using google login via OAuth2. The website is hosted on Google App Engine.
I am stuck at this login part. After we log in we get and access token from Google that is passed to Google APIs via the Authorization: Bearer header. We use the access token in the application to get user details and access other google apps for that user. I don't know how to get that access token using my external script.
One option is to mock / stub this part of your application out during testing. For instance, you can provide a certain header that tells your application that you're in test mode and instead of calling the real google APIs, it calls a mock API instead. If your application is setup for dependency injection this could be trivial, otherwise, it may involve monkey-patching or similar.
Another option is to use an OAuth2 Service Account and acquire access tokens for a bunch of users in a test Google Apps domain. Your test script can do this and then just pass the access tokens just as a client normally would.
I want to use Google API to track the number of tweets a particular website (say Rbloggers) make each day. And I am trying to do it in Python.
I am completely new to this. So, I was looking at the hello-analytics-api, in which I need to deal with OAuth 2.0. And I have no idea what to put down for the redirect URI.
I have read
What's a redirect URI? how does it apply to iOS app for OAuth2.0?
But I still don't quite understand the concepts and what I should put down for the 'redirect URI' ?
From Choosing a redirect URI
When you create a client ID in the Google Developers Console, two redirect_uris are created for you: urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob and http://localhost. The value your application uses determines how the authorization code is returned to your application.
In case of desktop apps or programs, you should set it to urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob so that you will be redirected to the page where you can copy the authorization code from internet browser and paste it in your desktop app
I'm building a little application in Python. I use PySide for the GUI and Django to read data from my web application.
Everything works well, but I have a login access, like dropbox application.
I want to store this informations on the current machine (like a session, I don't want to login every time I open the application).
Now my question is, what is the safest way to do this? Environment variables?
Usually when you have an API that you're exposing in your app to the outer world (even your own desktop/mobile app), you'll design this API to be stateless, as part of the REST architecture. So your app should always include an HTTP header or any other method of carrying an authentication token that will let your API identify the user.
You only log in once, and when the log-in procedure is successful you should get an authentication token from your API, and then you will store this token somewhere safe.
You can also look into implementing OAuth2 for the authentication.