This article will show how to handle common issues when using OAuth

IBM SmartCloud™ for Social Business uses the Open Authorization (OAuth) protocol for API access. OAuth is a protocol that provides a way for company applications to interact with APIs on the behalf of users without knowing their authentication credentials.

Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to use a single set of credentials to access multiple systems. For better usability and tighter integration, SmartCloud™ for Social Business allows SSO capabilities for partner applications.

Open Authorization (OAuth) is an open standards-based security architecture and protocol that authorizes users to share data with third-party applications and other services without sharing passwords. Widgets use OAuth to authorize with the product server.

An embedded experience is an information delivery model in which content from an external source is embedded into an OpenSocial container in an activity stream or inbox. The goal of embedded experiences is for users to be able to interact dynamically with external content directly in context ...