OpenSocial

Links

• Project SocialSite - Enabling Social Network in your Application

• Shindig is an OpenSocial container

Tutorial

• http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/tutorial/

• http://sandbox.orkut.com/

• http://code.google.com/p/sample-patrick-kimber/

• Upload this XML file to a web host:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  <Module>
    <ModulePrefs title="Hello World!">
      <Require feature="opensocial-0.7" />
    </ModulePrefs>
    <Content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        Hello, world... hope the day is treating you well!
      ]]>
    </Content>
  </Module>
  

  I uploaded to Google Code.

• Log into the orkut sandbox, http://sandbox.orkut.com/, click the edit link to the right of Apps.

• Add the application using it’s URL and give it permissions.

• You should be able to view your application by selecting it in the Apps section.

  Note: To stop orkut caching the application, add bpc=1 to the URL of the page you are viewing.

Sample

• Basic Application helloworld.xml

• A more complete gift giving application: gifts.xml, and the associated JavaScript code, gifts_friends.js.