How to use Yahoo! contact api in iOS application? - ios

I am new in using oAuth and Yahoo! API in an iOS app. I am trying to access my Yahoo! contacts from my iOS app.
I have tried many ways found in StackOverflow. Most of those directed to http://developer.yahoo.com/social/rest_api_guide/contact_api.html; but, I really can not understand all the stuffs described there.
I also found another framework with example resource in https://github.com/yahoo/yos-social-objc.
I am working with this one (the example included in this framework) and got into a trouble here that, when I use the YOAuth to authenticate the app, it opens up the Safari browser and after log into the Yahoo! account is shows an Agreement page. And upon agreement it is showing a page with message
To complete sharing of Yahoo! info with MYAPP, enter code "THECODE" into MYAPP
I do not really know that, what to do with this?
Now I need someone to help me out with this so that, my app get authorized successfully and redirected to my app from Safari with a minimum overhead.
Thanks in advance.

I have found the solution though with a little overheads.
Steps are:
1> Create a PHP script in you own server (say named, YRedirect.php).
2> Pest the following code in it-
<?php
$query = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header("Location: YOUR_APP_ID_OR_BUNDLE_ID://oauth-response?" . $query);
?>
3> Add an URL Scheme in your info.plist file with the YOUR_APP_ID_OR_BUNDLE_ID.
That's it and you are DONE with the authentication problem.
But, I am still on retrieving contact info from Yahoo!.
Thanks all.

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OAuth v2 Issues with Microsoft Account connection

I have been trying to implement the OAuth v2 for Microsoft Accounts for my website. Its currently in development stage and so am testing on localhost. The Website is an ASP.NET Core MVC 5 Application.
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When I click the Microsoft button I get the following error page:
And the query string returned contains the following:
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Submitting Instagram to iOS app

I'm new to the site and new to developing so I'm looking for some general advice here.
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error instagramdemo
Stpes to integrate instagram:
1)https://www.instagram.com/developer/
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2)Ask your users to login to the instagram app and get the auth_token from instagram API.
3) Use the auth_token in all your requests basically.
4) Download code from here: https://www.sendspace.com/file/mnuqck
and replace your clientid in my code. you will get response in code.
These libraries should help you get started,
https://github.com/shyambhat/InstagramKit
https://github.com/crino/instagram-ios-sdk
You would have to create an application on the instagram developer
portal, get a client ID for performing OAuth flow.
Ask your users to login to the instagram app and get the auth_token
from instagram API.
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The whole flow would have been implemented for you in the libraries I mentioned.
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...
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...
}];
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https://cocoapods.org/ for help.
Open the InstagramKit-Example on terminal and run the following
command,
pod install
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Oauth suddenly not working on iphone (with FS app installed only)

Our iphone app allows for sign in via Foursquare via oauth. It was working fine and recently stopped working.
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How to create a universal link in iOS9 https://www.appsflyer.com/blog/how-to-set-up-ios-9-universal-links-for-your-app/
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I need to use Twitter Oauth to login my windows phone app,
What i need exactly is
1)when the user click twitter log in button from my app, i need to show the twitter llog in page in a browser,
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I tried this example
and got this error
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and i tried enter link description here
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Thank you.
I tried this example and got success, I contacted the person who have posted that example and got help from him to solve the issues raised from this example.
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Thank you.
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