Yahoo Application Setup

The Yahoo Application setup process is described below. These steps below should guide you through the entire process.

Yahoo Authentication

1. Navigate to https://developer.yahoo.com/ and log in. 
2. Click 'Apps' (and if necessary 'YDN Apps').
   

   

3. Click 'Create an App'.
4. Fill out the details for your website:
   1. Application Name - A title for your application. Your website is a good example.
   2. Description
   3. Home Page URL - A link to the home page of your website, including http://
   4. Redirect URI(s) - Add all variations of your domain along with index.php, as shown below. Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name. These must be secure HTTPS urls:

      https://yourdomain.com/index.php
      https://www.yourdomain.com/index.php

      
   5. API Permissions - If you are planning on pulling profile data down, click 'OpenID Connect Permissions' and choose 'Email' and 'Profile'
   6. Click the 'Create App' button.
5. Once the steps above are complete, click on 'My Apps' to see the list of Yahoo applications. For the application you just created, you'll see a section like below with your application information:
6. Set the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret in the JFBConnect settings for Yahoo Consumer Key and Yahoo Consumer Secret. At this point, JFBConnect is ready for Yahoo authentication.

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