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milliesoftmartin asked Nov 1, '15

Using Amazon OAuth?

There's a post from Justin in the KB section about what to do if your home automation device doesn't support OAuth; https://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=8569&tstart=0 Basically it says you can use Amazon OAuth. But I'm struggling to figure out how. I need to get a username and password from users to link to the Vera, and I did this by setting up my own OAuth server which stores the credentials. How can I use the Amazon one to do that instead? Martin

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memo@amazon answered Nov 5, '15

Hi, Please take a look at the following blog post for some tips on how to implement LWA: - https://developer.amazon.com/public/community/post/TxNL8HYBBE7YTE/Tips-for-Using-Login-with-Amazon-in-Alexa-Connected-Home-CoHo-Skills

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milliesoftmartin answered Nov 5, '15

That shows you how to set up Login with Amazon, but that's not the question. Once you have it set up, you know that the person's Amazon login is john.smith@example.com, but you don't know the username and password of the system they are trying to connect to. My question is do you then hard code the HA system's username and password in your code, or is there some technique for storing it on the Login with Amazon servers that I'm not aware of? Martin

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milliesoftmartin answered Nov 12, '15

An update for anyone who is interested in using Login With Amazon - it simply doesn't work with Alexa Connected Home. It won't authenticate, and there is no way to find out why - you have no access to logs, and Amazon ignore all requests for help in investigating why. Avoid it and use your own OAuth server instead. Martin

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memo@amazon answered Nov 27, '15

Hi milliesoftmartin , Implementing LWA isn't a alternative to implementing Oauth server, but rather an alternative to an OAuth portal. In this case, since the Vera doesn't support Oauth natively, implementing your own server is the only option when implementing account linking. Thanks,

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Danny answered Dec 19, '15

Requiring us to setup a oAuth server is a huge barrier, especially for projects that are not intended to be for a mass audience.

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