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Additional oauth clarification
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berg committed Aug 8, 2012
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It should go without saying, but for the sake of user privacy and security, please ensure that your App.net account has a **strong password**.

## How does I get an access token?
## How do I get an access token?

If you're only interested in obtaining a **client token**, you can use the [Client Password](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-31#section-2.3) flow. (Note: we support sending the `client_id` / `client_secret` parameters in the HTTP message body only.)

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Here is the current list of scopes on App.net:

* **stream**: read a user's stream (always included)
* **stream**: read a user's stream
* **email**: access a user's email address
* **write_post**: create a new post as a user
* **follow**: add or remove follows for this user
* **messages**: send and receive private messages as this user
* **export**: bulk export all of your App.net data. This is intended only for backup services, not day-to-day App.net client use. Users will be shown an extra warning when this scope is requested due to the sensitivity of this data.

If scope is omitted, only basic profile information will be available.

## Authenticated API Requests

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