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I'm currently working in a service that has an API access through Oauth. I recently noted than Twitter will add support to xOauth, a lighter protocol intented for mobile and desktop access.

It's possible to add xAuth support for my site or is only a Twitter technology?

Thanks, Toño

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To be clear, XAuth is still very much OAuth! The only difference is that XAuth does not require browser redirection to obtain an OAuth token thus making it suitable for applications which can't or shouldn't force the user to use Twitter's site. XAuth adds a few parameters to the regular OAuth request to enable you to pass login credentials to Twitter directly. Learn more about it here. If you want to implement it for your project, you need only accommodate the additional parameters.

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