Questions tagged [windows-live]

Windows Live was the brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform.

Windows Live was the brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. In April 2013, the website was closed down. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile services.

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Skydrive API - Limit returned results?

Currently I'm using client.getAsync(folder + "/files", liveListener) to check the contents of a folder for a specific file. At the moment it works well but if the folder has many files in it (which it is likely to have) then the result returned…
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Does MSN/Hotmail support OAuth?

I want to allow users on my website to import contacts from their hotmail account, using OAuth. Is it possible?
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Getting user's contacts from Windows Live or Outlook API

I would like to know is there any possibilities to export and get an user's Outlook or Microsoft Account contact list as csv file with his/her authentication using any APIs? Thanks!
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Windows Live/Azure 2 step verification

After reading about Mr. Honan's digital life being destroyed: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/, I started thinking about the login security of Windows Live and Windows Azure. Is there any kind of 2 step…
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WP7 how to store LiveConnectSession during TombStoning?

I'm using the windows live sign in strategy of the PhotoSkyOnTheGo example provided by MS. So when my app starts, it shows a windows live sign in page. During app runtime I remember the LiveConnectSession to connect to SkyDrive. Now when the app…
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Target Windows Live Mail with specific css

Long story short, I'm making an HTML email (yeah, I know). I've got it to the point where it looks great in GMail, Yahoo Mail, Thunderbird and Outlook 2003 (haven't tested 07...). The only hiccup is Hotmail (Windows Live Mail). The fact that it…
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Windows live contacts PHP for 2011

I'm currently developing an invite system that is to be integrated into other systems. This development is web based with PHP5. Now i've been looking and testing code for about two weeks but all examples are out-dated and do not work with the…
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Omniauth + windows live

how do I configure a new windows-live provider using omniauth? I tried the following with no success: use OmniAuth::Strategies::WindowsLive, key, secret and provider :windows_live, key,secret
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windows live login get email address

I am trying to implement windows live login using their javascript API. I am referring to this documentation as an example and using the following code: WL.Event.subscribe("auth.login", onLogin); WL.init({ client_id: 'my client…
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Windows Live OAuth Response Content Type Issue

I'm facing an issue with my (Register with Windows Live Account) feature in my portal Simply the feature was suddenly stopped without any known reason and throws the following exception Exception Message: Unexpected response Content-Type…
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Software development start-up: Signing into Microsoft services

We are a start-up software company with around 15 developers. We are almost entirely using Microsoft's technology stack. A problem that we have at this point is the confusion between signing into Microsoft's online services. Each developer has two…
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Importing Windows Live Contacts

I've started with importing contacts from live. Now I don't know what MS is thinking, but they seriously do overcomplicate everything they put their hands to. For my app, it's very important that I get a phone number. So important in fact, that…
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How to fetch attendees from the Windows live events API using oauth?

I am trying the fetch the Windows calendar's events using oauth API. I get the event details, but attendees of the events are missing. Can anybody know how this can be retrieved from the WL API ?
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Unable to add multiple redirect URLs with Microsoft Live OAuth service

I have an ASP.Net C# Web Application in which I have added Windows Live oAuth authentication (I am not using the code supplied by the Visual Studio project template for oAuth). I have two return pages in my application where the user should come…
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Hybridauth - Can not login with Windows Live

I am working on a simple PHP site and trying to integrate social login in it. So I used Hybridauth library. To login via Windows Live account, I created a new app at here. And in redirect URL, I entered full domain name such as http://mydomain.com…
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