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Learning Apex Programming

You're reading from   Learning Apex Programming Create business applications using Apex to extend and improve the usefulness of the Salesforce1 Platform

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782173977
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Apex Assumptions and Comparisons 2. Apex Limits FREE CHAPTER 3. More and Later 4. Triggers and Classes 5. Visualforce Development with Apex 6. Exposing Force.com to the World 7. Use Case – Integration with Google Calendar 8. Creating a Property Management Application 9. Test Coverage Index

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The OAuth protocol uses a process known as handshake to facilitate its authentication flow. Basically, you request access, the server verifies the user's identity, the user grants access, and the server allows you to make requests. The real flow is more like this:

Fake step 1:

  • Redirect user to the authentication provider's request URI endpoint along with parameters of your request, including scope and redirect URI (where the response should be sent)

  • User logs in and grants access to your app after reviewing the permissions you have requested

  • Server verifies the user's identity and provides a request token to the redirect endpoint you specified

Fake step 2:

  • You take the request token from the response and pass it back to the server, this time to the authentication endpoint

  • The server exchanges this for an access token and a refresh token

Fake step 3:

  • You make your requests with the access token

Note

If your access token has expired, you can pass the access token along with a refresh...

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