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Windows Live Web Authentication on Google App Engine (GAE) using Python

I'm struggling to get Windows Live Web Authentication running on Google App Engine (GAE) using Python, as I'm quite new to the language.

However there are lots of examples for Facebook and Twitter, I was wondering if anyone had come up with a solution for Windows Live yet?

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From what I can tell, the SDK you're referring to is just used for authentication, not authorization. That is, it allows you to uniquely identify a user by their Windows Live ID, but not, say, programmatically import their Hotmail contacts.

If this is the case, it would be easier to use the built-in OpenID support that's already available on both sides. The Windows Live OpenID provider is OpenID.Live-INT.com; instructions for authenticating using OpenID on App Engine can be found @ http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/openid.html.

Drew Sears  2010-08-25 15:28:43
I've tried this approach, using:users.create_login_url(federated_identity='openid.live-int.com',dest_url='/')Unfortunately it is not recognising it as an openid provider, and as such is redirecting to:http://www.google.com/gen_204?reason=EmptyURLWhich leads me to believe that Windows Live authentication requires extra "stuff" (similar to facebook's support of openid).
Andrew Gee  2010-08-26 10:14:36
I think the issue actually is that openid isn't support on Windows Live yet, see: http://winliveid.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!AEE1BB0D86E23AAC!1791.entry The only way to currently do it is by using the "Windows Live ID Web Authentication SDK" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676633.aspx which is what I've been struggling with.
Andrew Gee  2010-08-26 11:57:11
Well, that sucks. This isn't ideal, but you could use http://www.clickpass.com/ as an OpenID bridge for Windows Live accounts.
Drew Sears  2010-08-26 13:46:30
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I ended up using http://anyopenid.com which provides quite a good bridge to openid, and I was able to use this with Google App Engine.

Andrew Gee  2010-09-24 12:26:44

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