I'm happy to help if you have specific questions - just post them here and I'll do my best to help you work through any problems.
~Arne On Jul 30, 12:42 pm, Amit <symbian.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for replying to my question. > I am definitely up for the challenge. But the thing most likely to > deter you from going on with this is the fact that I am relatively new > to programming, but I am learning new things as I write this. I have > gone through some books and tutorials about Python and I have realised > that the only way to understand it properly is to do a project on it. > But I dont want to do any random project. I am more interested in > developing something that is useful to me as well. > The core idea behing my project is to make a desktop app, that can > relay information from some of the Opensocial techonologies like > Orkut, iGoogle, Gmail(if i can say). > I usually open up around 4 tabs in my browser every other day to check > out new messages and alerts on the above sites. I thought it would be > cool if I could have an app do it for me. I have added Gmail because > it is the most important. I also plan to include Facebook and Twitter > into this. One simple idea is to automatically relay the latest tweet > to the status messages of Orkut, Facebook etc. > > But the major roadblock in front of me is the lack of knowledge. I try > to pursue as much as I can but sometimes I end up being confused. > Do you think you can help me out. I would be so glad. > > On Jul 30, 9:32 pm, Arne Roomann-Kurrik <api.kur...@google.com> wrote: > > > Hi Amit, > > > In theory this is completely possible, although in practice you'll > > probably hit a couple of minor roadblocks depending on what you're > > trying to do. OpenSocial defines a REST api which can be used to > > fetch social data from a server or a desktop application - there's > > even a simple Python client library you can try > > athttp://code.google.com/p/opensocial-python-client/ > > > Now not every OpenSocial social network has started supporting REST, > > although most of the bigger ones do in some form or another. At least > > MySpace, orkut, hi5, Netlog, Google Friend Connect, iGoogle, Plaxo > > (for People) do, and I'm most likely leaving some out. The trouble is > > that for a desktop application, you need to use 3-legged OAuth in > > order to obtain a token you can use to access the OpenSocial APIs on > > behalf of a user. This means that you'll have to open a browser to a > > certain URL - you'll either have to embed a browser in your > > application or somehow redirect the user to open the login URL on > > their own. Sadly, there aren't many good examples of desktop apps > > which do this well yet. Another problem you may face is that not all > > containers support 3-legged OAuth - currently I'm only aware of > > MySpace, hi5, Plaxo and possibly Netlog. > > > I'm happy to help you try to work through solutions if you want to try > > this out, though - I'm interested in learning more about the progress > > and challenges in this area. > > > ~Arne > > > On Jul 29, 12:17 pm, Amit <symbian.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i am very new to the whole opensocial thing and i was wondering > > > whether it is possible to create win32 apps that realy opensocial data > > > streams. i am interested in creating a win32 client for the opensocial > > > services like orkut etc. can i do that through a desktop GUI app? > > > > i want to know if its even remotely possible? > > > thanks a lot in advance. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
