Introduction to Netflix API Documentation. This guide is for developers who are integrating Netflix functionality into their applications by means of the Netflix API.
Note: This documentation covers “under-the-hood” details that may go beyond what you need to know. If you want to get started quickly, see the “Resources” page for links to existing Netflix libraries, user-contributed guidelines, and various tools that may make it easier for you to work with the API. For a quick tutorial on how to use OAuth in the Netflix API, please see the Netflix Authentication Walk-Through. OAuth Explained and What It Is Good For. Twitter recently announced OAuth support and that eventually they will be deprecating HTTP Basic Authentication in favor of OAuth.
Knowing this, I figured it was about time to get familiar with OAuth and update the Twitter gem to use it. Let me start by explaining my history with OAuth. I have none. OAuth — An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.