Thanks for the help guys. Yes, I guess the Google Data API can help in my case (as I use Java). And yes, usage of HTTP GET and getting a response as XML can solve problems for other languages as well (especially, languages that are not mentioned in the list of languages that have client libraries) - however, the drawback of such a solution is that the user has to parse the retrieved XML (not all languages have XML-data binding frameworks), while in languages I encountered that have Web Services frameworks, stubs are generated from the WSDL for the client to use. Well, who knows , maybe in the future Google will expose the API via web services, as they exposed it via clients for various languages, and via the HTTP GET and HTTP response mechanism.
On Nov 12, 12:23 pm, Julian Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > siegi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:25:25 > > > > >may be in the future, right now they require a registered google > >account, thus it will work only for Orkut and other networks having > >google users. > > I'm expecting other websites to support the Data APIs[1], just as other > websites will be containers. I also expect other websites to support > oAuth and/or Authsub. I don't see how that limits it to Orkut and Google > users. > > >Spinning it forward this would also require that each web gadget > >redirects to a login formular and without having a turn-back url no > >user could continue to use his social network. > > Right, oAuth and/or AuthSub. > > >I don't want to go into > >the details, so please revisit the APIs for furhter understanding. > > Oh, please. > > >So for now, only the Javascript API could be used for integrated > >gadgets. > > Yes. But the OpenSocial package is not just about writing and hosting > gadgets. It's also about writing applications and mashups that use Scial > Network data. The Javascript APIs and Container SPI (when it comes) are > one part, the APIs are another part. Or at least that's my reading of > them. > > [1]http://www.ecademy.com/feeds/people/1 > > -- > Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 > Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 > Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat > *** Just Say No To DRM *** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
