Introduction+to+Social+Media+Platform+Authorization.ipynb

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    "# Authorization"
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    "We can divide autorization types into two subsections: with and without user permissions. All social network platforms want you to create an application to fetch data. When you create your application, you are given an APP_ID and APP_SECRET. These are capable to fetch some data without a user's permission but most of the time you need to get user's permission to get more info about user."
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    "## 1) Without User Permission"
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    "As we stated above, this kind of applications have limited abilities except Twitter. In Twitter, you can fetch almost all information with APP_ID and APP_SECRET but in Facebook as an example you are allowed to only fetch public Page and Group data without user permission."
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    "STEP1: After creating your application, you need an app_access_token to fetch data and in this step you are requesting this access_token from social platform by using your APP_ID and APP_SECRET."
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    "STEP2: Social platform responses your request with a valid access_token specific to your application."
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    "## 2) With User Permission"
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    "If your app want to get specific information about user than app_access_token will not be enough and you need to get user_access_token."
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    "STEP1: Request user's permission via a link which need to include your app info(APP_ID) and permission fields."
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    "STEP2: If user click the link, he/she will be directed to social network with a pop-up which asks if he/she approves to give permission to your application."
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    "STEP3: After user's permission, a code will be supplied to your web-app by social platform and it is needed to get user_access_token."
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    "STEP4: By using this code, web-app will request for user_access_token."
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    "STEP5: An access-token which is specific to user will be supplied to your web-app"
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