Authenticating a Member or Contact (with iOS app)
Hi - I am writing a custom iOS app using the WA API and a requirement is that members sign into the mobile app with the same credentials that they use to access the WA site via a browser (i.e. email, password)
The "contacts" API returns the user's email but not the password (which would clearly be a security issue). So the iOS app cannot verify the members credentials itself.
Is there an API that the iOS app can call to verify the members password? If not, do you have any other suggestions on how this type of member sign in authentciation could be accomplisehd?
Thanks
David
Latest version of oAuth service allows to authenticate any contact from your contact database. Please follow the instructions here http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/API+V2+authentication#APIV2authentication-UsingWildApricotusercredentials and use scope=auto.
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Sloth I
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Question, David: were you successful in using the username/password auth method outlined in the Wild Apricot API? If so, did you also use the AppAuth SDK to implement OAuth?
Dimitry: I am working on a mobile app and am running into issues using the username/password auth method. I believe Wild Apricot has its own apps - I assume they use the username/password authorization method? The single sign-in service method is designed mainly for web (the re-direct requires a path beginning with https). Any feedback on this subject would be highly appreciated.
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Dmitry Smirnov
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Latest version of oAuth service allows to authenticate any contact from your contact database. Please follow the instructions here http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/API+V2+authentication#APIV2authentication-UsingWildApricotusercredentials and use scope=auto.
