[OpenID] OpenID Implementation

[Sam Alexander]

Jason,

There has been some discussion about OpenID, REST and SOAP on this  
list and the specs list.   Take a look at http://wiki.openid.net/REST/ 
SOAP/HTTP_Bindings and the list archives for more info.

For implementation, there is a mailing list that is sorta hidden  
away, but it is where alot of us implementors hang out:

http://lists.openidenabled.com/mailman/listinfo/dev

Also check out http://openid.net/developers/ for some comprehensive  
tutorials.

As far as libraries go, I would also recommend the packages from the  
great folks at JanRain:

http://openidenabled.com/

They are well documented and maintained religiously, and they have  
one of the few OpenID 2.0 libraries.   Implementation is not nearly  
as cumbersome as it may appear and with appropriate levels of  
inebriation is actually quite fun.  If you have questions, the dev  
list is a great (and archived) place to field them.

- Sam

On Oct 15, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Jason Hopkins wrote:

> I'm a bit new at this so, if possible,could someone link to pages  
> with resources to learn how to implement this.  From what I've  
> learned so far, OpenID uses difficult and non-standard methods in  
> order to create something which should/could be standard ( i.e. a  
> SOAP-like implementation using non SOAP-like methods).  I'll  
> honestly admit, I could and very well may be wrong in my  
> assumptions, but, would it not be simpler to create a standard  
> interface using simple XML practices?  Please note that I am a PHP  
> developer, so most of my assumptions and interpretations will come  
> from that perspective.  On that note, the encryption used for  
> OpenID, is not a standard PHP library, which, in my opinion will  
> make it that much more difficult to gain wide-spread use.  I like  
> the idea of OpenID a great deal, and hope to support it in upcoming  
> projects, but, so long as I have to add conditional statements just  
> to check if a library exists (it may not seem like much to you, but  
> I consider it a great nuisance), I can't support it.  Anyway, I  
> appreciate any and all answers.
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