Parsing that forwarded email, I think Amar is trying to say that you might be able to do:
window.top.location = canvasPageUrlForAnotherUser instead of requestNavigateTo(canvas) This sounds plausible. Any way to avoid hardcoding the appId number in the source code? Is the appId available through some opensocial call? I'll give it a try shortly. Thanks, Alex On 3/5/08, Amar Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Alex, do you know if using the technique below gets you over the > RequestNavigateTo bug: > > some info about Ids and Urls copy-pasted from a thread with an engineer at > ilike. > > ------ > > AppId and Appinfo Urls > > AppId - is a function of the app spec Url. so if the Url changes, you get a > new id. this is broken - we know. here's the recommended workaround: > - own your Dns (done - in case of ilike) > - redirect from something that will remain stable like > http://company.com/orkut/appname to wherever you're hosting the app spec > > The AppId will be the same across sandbox and www. > > Absolute Url pattern for AppInfo page is > - http://sandbox.orkut.com/AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appId> > - http://www.orkut.com/AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appId> > > Since the app needs to work seamlessly across sandbox and www, the > recommended practice is to generate host-relative Urls like > /AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appid> > > userIds and profile and canvas Urls > > There are two user ids - one in Url for all orkut pages and another in > opensocial APIs. These are different - for reasons for security and > caution. > > Orkut profile page Url pattern is /Profile.aspx?uid=<profileId> > Canvas page for person that has app installed is > /Application.aspx?uid=<profileId>&appId=<appId> > Going to canvas page for person that doesn't have app installed takes you to > error page. we're considering improving it. > > So, how to get the <profileId> from opensocialId? You can extract it from > the PROFILE_URL which is available for all of an owner's friends. You might > try something like: > var profileId = > person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.PROFILE_URL).split("=")[1]; > > A frequently-asked question is how to work around the fact that > RequestNavigate doesn't take a user param - so how do you navigate from your > app to another's user's canvas page that has the same app. > > currently, you can do this by navigating the main window there by setting > window.top.location = canvasPageUrlForAnotherUser; > > Creating app pages > > For the U2 scenario, you will have to suffer thru the crufty > appParams=<escaped blob of JSON params> technique. So link to U2's artist > page would be something like: > > /Application.aspx?uid=<activityStreamCreator>&appId=<appId>&appParams=<escap > ed [artist: U2] > > > Let me know if there's anything else that unblocks you still. And again, we > know this is somewhat ugly and we will improve it. > > if this is useful, we should put out a quick blogpost titled "Ids and Urls > in Orkut". > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Epshteyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:48 PM > To: Orkut Developer Forum > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Amar Gandhi; Peter Chane; Lane LiaBraaten; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Serious error with gadgets.views.requestNavigateTo() call > > > Urgent: This is NOT fixed! > > http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/issues/detail?id=98 > > On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, Alex has already filed a bug for this serious > issue.http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/. > .. > > > > Add your star on the bug in the tracker to bump this up an get an > > email when it is > > fixed:http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/issues/detail?id=9 > > 8 > > > > Jerome > > > > On Mar 2, 5:47 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > I have a link to canvas view (a function call below) for one of my > > > applications 'X' on my Profile. > > > > > function gotoCanvas(dummyvar) { > > > var canvas_view = new gadgets.views.View("canvas"); > > > gadgets.views.requestNavigateTo(canvas_view); > > > > > }; > > > > > When i clicked(called the above function) from my application 'X' , > > > it loaded the Canvas page of another application which was present > > > below the application 'X' in my profile. > > > > > I think this is a bug which needs some attention from Orkut side. > > > > > -Antony > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@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-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
