Hi Ken. Yes, I think that's exactly what happened -- most of the time, the application specification is a literal XML file. Since the specification's URL is passed as a query string parameter to the orkut proxy, the URL can't have any parameters of its own. In this case, changing to a path-based argument scheme was a good choice.
As I said above, adding bpc=1 to your PHP script's URL has no effect, so you should remove it: http://prod.gwidgets.com/apps/os/orkut/en/81.php Instead, append &bpc=1 to the URL in the address bar: http://sandbox.orkut.com/Application.aspx?appId=...&uid=...&bpc=1 This will effectively bypass the cache and reload your spec from your server. - Jason On Jun 3, 7:53 am, kennyjay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jason > > What I found in the end was that a url such as ours was not handled > properly by Orkut. Our original url was: > > http://prod.gwidgets.com/gadgetserver.php?gid=81&site=orkut.com&pid=o... > > Orkut rendered it's iframe as: > > http://42ls3815uh72t4hun5udfcs327esfmeo.sandbox.orkut.gmodules.com/ga... > > We have changed it to (and this works fine with no further caching > issues: > > http://prod.gwidgets.com/apps/os/orkut/en/81.php?bpc=1 > > For some reason it appeared that Orkut choked on our url that had > several query string parameters specified. We went to more of a > directory based structure and now parse the information (os, orkut, > etc.) from the path instead of the query string. > > Have we missed something obvious here? In your iframe url, you embed > our url, which as an additional "?" etc. Was I confusing your url > parsing? > > Regards > > Ken > > On Jun 2, 5:13 pm, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Ken. I'm sorry for the late reply. > > > Are you setting the content-type header in your PHP script to > > application/xml or text/xml? Also, you shouldn't append &bpc=1 to your > > application's URI. Instead, append it to the address bar after you've > > added the application > > (e.g.http://sandbox.orkut.com/Application.aspx?appId=...&uid=...&bpc=1). > > > We were experiencing several issues with our content re-writing > > mechanism and have temporarily disabled it in the sandbox. Please let > > me know if you're still seeing the caching issues that you reported > > earlier. > > > - Jason > > > On May 27, 5:22 pm, kennyjay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just an addendum. I think I worked through the Malformed xml issue by > > > reformatting my php properly. However, now I get the same sort of > > > issue where the dynamic url returns a "No appropriate view could be > > > found for gadget:http://prod.gwidgets.com/gadgetserver_fixed.php?bpc.."; > > > error. The static url appears to load the app ok. > > > > The urls are: > > > > dynamic: > > > http://prod.gwidgets.com/gadgetserver_fixed.php?bpc=1&gid=82&pid=os&s... > > > static:http://prod.gwidgets.com/apps/orkut/einstein_static.xml > > > > They appear to return the same xml and the xml validates just fine on > > > w3c.org.. > > > > On May 27, 5:32 pm, kennyjay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm using a dynamic url like this: > > > > > 1)http://dev.gwidgets.com/gadgetserver1-c.php?bpc=1&gid=82&pid=os&site=... > > > > > loading that page in a browser, then view source, and then paste the > > > > same xml in a static file here: > > > > > 2) http://dev.gwidgets.com/apps/orkut/hello_world1-c.xml > > > > > Results upon trying to add an application: > > > > > 1) for dynamic url, loads confirmation page, with app title, > > > > however, when loading application, I get > > > > > "Malformed XML in filehttp://dev.gwidgets.com/gadgetserver1-c.php?bpc: > > > > Premature end of file. At: (1,1)" > > > > > 2) for static page, loads just fine. > > > > > As for CACHING: > > > > > 1. Trying to debug this was maddening because Orkut seemed to cache > > > > everything no matter what I tried. I tried both methods, &bpc=1 and > > > > the new > > > > > <Optional feature="content-rewrite"> > > > > <Param name="include">NONE</Param> > > > > </Optional> > > > > > Neither appeared to work reliably. Sometimes if I added a few extra > > > > parameters, the title was cached and not the content, and visa versa. > > > > The ONLY way I found to reliably get cached was to alter the name of > > > > my php file, e.g., gadgetserver2.php for each test case. > > > > > What gives? This same xml is working fine in MySpace and hi5, but > > > > Orkut has been just frustrating. Luckily the random javascript errors > > > > appeared to have stopped. > > > > > Can anyone who has gone through this process successfully help out? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Ken- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
