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Frequently Asked Questions


About Issues (This is important)

Features / Fixes

Please file a ticket for every feature/fix you want. The issue page acts as my TODO list, if it’s not there it won’t happen.

If something doesn’t work for you, you must provide a failing executable example (Just saying “it doesn’t work” won’t do).

I’m not getting bitchier by the day, it’s just that as the number of developers increase I just can’t handle all the requests.

I won’t debug your whole project so please don’t send me that. Thank you


Can I use Scribe behind a proxy?

Yes.

The most flexible way is to use ProxySelector (available from J2SE 5.0 onwards) in your application. This allows you to define multiple proxies depending on type of protocol, web address, etc.

Other options include using the system defined proxy. To do so all you need to do is this:

System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");

if that doesn’t work, this website might provide some insight

http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0085.html

When will you support “INSERT_API_HERE” ?

If it’s a 1.0a Api, probably you can do it yourself by extending Default10Api and defining the endpoints. If it has something weird, file a ticket and I’ll see what I can do

Does Scribe support OAuth 2.0 ? And Facebook’s Api ?

Indeed we do sir! since 1.1.0

Do you support XAuth ? What about OAuth WRAP ?

No. These protocols differ quite a lot from OAuth 1 and 2. Although I’d love to make Scribe the de-facto library for all signing protocols, here it’s not practical. You are better off using a dedicate library for those 2 (and other strange variations)

Your work is great! I’d be glad to support your efforts

Seems there is no easy way in github to accept donations, and I’m too lazy to set something up. Just be good and help others if they need to, that should do.

Is there a mailing list ?

No. Email me directly at fernandezpablo85 at gmail dot com

How do I get notified of releases/changes ?

You can poll the downloads page or follow me on twitter (@fernandezpablo)

Does Scribe support jdk1.5 and jre1.5? Why do I get the error java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class file"?

If you are using JDK1.5, migrate to Scribe 1.2.2 or later. Prior releases were compiled for JDK1.6. See Issue #146 for more details.