Comment 6 for bug 1248326

When we implemented the Ubuntu One plug-in to online-accounts for 13.10, it was not possible to use a standard OAuth way of getting a token, and using the pre-existing infrastructure for OAuth that exists in online-accounts.

However, there have been some recent improvements on the server side, and we may be able to scrap all the existing plug-in code, in favor of using the standard OAuth method and plug-ins. This will require at least an additional change on the server to implement the OAuth 1.0a protocol for token acquisition, and may require a few smaller changes to the server as well. It may also require that the clients which are currently using the Ubuntu One token via online-accounts, be modified to work with the service like it would any other OAuth online account. We are currently investigating this possibility, as it would be the most beneficial for us I think.