I am a friend to the owner, but don't have the app installed
{"response":{"Error":"unauthorized"},"key":"viewer"}
The way I understand it, guess security is related to the rights of your
app to grab the data, not the rights of the viewer to access owner info
or vice versa. If he installed, you can get the object if he didn't you
cannot.
Jelena
Jerome wrote:
> Hi Anthony and Jelena,
>
> If the viewer is a friend of the profile owner, the viewer object
> should be available even if the viewer doesn't have the app, right?
>
> I think the security constraint shows up when we have a viewer which
> is foreign to the app or the profile owner.
>
> Does this sound correct to you (I have been pulling some of my hair
> over stuff like that a few weeks ago)?
>
> Jerome
>
> On Mar 6, 2:23 pm, Jelena Kolokotronis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I think you can't get viewer object unless he has the app
>> installed. Security constraints.
>>
>> Jelena
>>
>>
>>
>> johnson.psgtech wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I found this wierd behaviour today.
>>>
>>> I wrote one application X which will greet
>>> visitors by their name whenever they start using it
>>> on my profile. I thought it would greet..but bad app..It dint.
>>> it greets with their username only if they also
>>> have my application X installed in their profile..
>>>
>>> Im using ,
>>>
>>> var opt_params = { };
>>>
>>> opt_params[opensocial.DataRequest.PeopleRequestFields.PROFILE_DETAILS]
>>> = [
>>> opensocial.Person.Field.PROFILE_URL
>>> ];
>>>
>>> req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest(opensocial.DataRequest.PersonId.VIEWER,
>>> opt_params), "viewer");
>>>
>>> to get the profile viewer's user name.
>>>
>>> I tried this both in IE and Firefox.
>>>
>>> Is it like... An application will get the user_name of VIEWER only
>>> if he/she also has the same application installed in his/her profile??
>>>
>>> --Antony- Hide quoted text -
>>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>>
> >
>
>
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