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Adam Lee
Adam Lee

Reputation: 25748

POST request with OAuth

I am wondering OAuth signature is related only to URL or related to something inside post data when using POST protocol?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 749

Answers (1)

Ryan Boyd
Ryan Boyd

Reputation: 3018

The actual parameters are defined as the signature base string in the specification: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5849#section-3.4.1

The POST body is only included when the criteria in section 3.4.1.3.1 is met:

  *  The entity-body is single-part.

  *  The entity-body follows the encoding requirements of the
     "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" content-type as defined by
     [W3C.REC-html40-19980424].

  *  The HTTP request entity-header includes the "Content-Type"
     header field set to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".

In other words, if you're posting XML or JSON data, the parameters are not included. However, if it's basic form encoded data it may be.

Upvotes: 1

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