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What is a Developer ID (devId)?

April 26, 2017Developer devid Id

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What is a Developer ID (devId)?

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A Developer ID (devId) is a general permission for accessing AOL open services. With your devId you can and use the APIs from your web site (namely, the specific web site you provide when you register for the devId. In accordance with the Terms of Service (TOS) , you can use the API to gain AOL open services on the specific site (URL) you registered. AOL ‘s OpenAuth API is the first to use devIds on dev.aol.com. In the future other APIs will use this approach. OpenAuth empowers third-party web sites and applications to authenticate AOL and AIM users through their Web Sites/Applications. NOTE: When you navigate on dev.aol.com to other AOL APIs you may find additional Terms of Service (TOS) and information requests, depending on the nature of the API . Just follow the local rules of the road. Prompts guide you and all the specifics you need are clearly spelled out.