Also, one thing that might not be very clear from my explanation: What defines when the data in the profile should be updated are the user's actions. As he adds/rates more songs and artists and changes what his favorites are, the profile should be updated to reflect this.
Filipe Badaro On May 19, 2:21 pm, Badaro <bad...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is the development version of the profile, which is currently > using OS Templates with > HttpRequest:http://sandbox.orkut.com/Main#AppInfo.aspx?appUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbadaro... > > The live application is > here:http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#AppInfo.aspx?appId=1086790722195 > > We have not yet uploaded the OS Templates with HttpRequest version of > the profile to production, since we're still deciding if we should do > this right now, or wait until we modify the application to use > AppData. > > The profile intends to give the viewer a sample of the owner's musical > tastes, including some of his favorite artists and musics. It used to > include a lot of extra functionality, such as allowing the viewer to > preview and rate the songs displayed, but sadly this can't be done > with the more restricted environment of OS Templates. > > Currently, since we're using HttpRequest, we send a random set of the > owner's favorites on each visit, but after we change to AppData this > would no longer be possible, so we'd probably include either the most > recent changes, or the highest ranked ones. > > However, this data is bound to change often, in particular for new > users, since they have no data to begin with. It's certain that for > the first few uses of the application we'd be updating the AppData > constantly as we get more information about the user's tastes. > > That being said, I *don't* want to use AppData for this, however if > HttpRequest is removed I believe I won't have any other choice to > store the profile data. > > Filipe Badaro > > On May 19, 12:20 pm, Apurv Gupta <apurv.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you can tell us more, we can help you better. It may be entirely true > > that your app is better off using a different rendering model. > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Apurv Gupta <apurv.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Filipe, > > > What's your use case for updating the AppData? What's your application > > > url? > > > > Thanks, > > > -apurv > > > > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Badaro <bad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Can you tell us how much is that limit, and what happens when we hit > > >> it? > > > >> While this limit doesn't affect this migration process, after we > > >> migrate the profile information to AppData we will need to update it > > >> constantly to keep the user profile up-to-date. > > > >> Filipe Badaro > > > >> On May 19, 6:00 am, "Shishir Birmiwal (Google)" > > >> <shishir.birmi...@google.com> wrote: > > >> > Yes, there is a limit to the number of updatePersonAppDataRequests > > >> > that can be made per app per person, but given that you're going to > > >> > update for each person, you will not hit the limit. > > > >> > Cheers, > > >> > Shishir > > > >> > On May 18, 7:00 pm, Badaro <bad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > --- Situation > > > >> > > I just found out through the forum that HttpRequest will be removed > > >> > > from OS Templates, and we'll be forced to migrate all profile data to > > >> > > the user AppData. The related thread is here: > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/... > > > >> > > However, I have an application with several hundred thousand users, > > >> > > where part of the data needed for the profile is stored in my > > >> > > servers. > > >> > > Therefore, I'll need to implement an automated procedure to migrate > > >> > > this data to Orkut, and I believe my only reasonable option is to use > > >> > > the REST/RPC API to upload this data. > > > >> > > -- Question > > > >> > > Is there a limit to the number of requests that can be made for one > > >> > > application? More specifically, I'm talking about the > > >> > > OpenSocialClient.newUpdatePersonAppDataRequest call. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 opensocial-orkut+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
