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Windows Live Photo API - CTP

Welcome to the community technology preview (CTP) release of the Windows Live™ Photos API. The Windows Live Photo API enables Web sites to view and update Windows Live photos and albums using either the WebDAV protocol or the ATOM protocol. Web sites can incorporate the following functionality.

  • Upload or download photos.
  • Create, edit, or delete photos and albums.
  • Edit photo caption text (WebDAV only).

This documentation contains the following sections.

To use this service, your site must facilitate obtaining authentication. Delegated Authentication is the mechanism that is used for Windows Live Photos. For more information, see Core Concepts of Delegated Authentication.

Windows Live Photo Offers

The type of access request is driven by providing the Windows Live ID Delegated Authentication service with an offer ID unique to the data being requested. Depending on the requirement, the third party may ask the user for access by providing the Delegated Authentication service for one or more of the following Offers.

Offer ID Scope of Access

SpacesPhotos.Read

Read-only access for photo album and photo information.

SpacesPhotos.ReadWrite

Read and update the list of photo albums and photos, read and write photo data.

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