Making the most of OpenSocial Erik Eldridge Yahoo! Developer Network (YDN) ETech (FreeTech) 09 Image credit: jpctalbot, http://www.flickr.com/photos/laserstars/504917310/sizes/l/

What is it? A community developed standard for social network APIs

A community developed standard for social network APIs

What’s it do for me? Less to learn More containers Bigger audience Extensible

Less to learn

More containers

Bigger audience

Extensible

Where to start? (simple) Opensocial.org

Opensocial.org

Where to start? (a bit more) Your server + {your code using OpenSocial} + {container, e.g. yap*, orkut, myspace} = OpenSocial app *supports OpenSocial JS API only

Your server

+

{your code using OpenSocial}

+

{container, e.g. yap*, orkut, myspace}

=

OpenSocial app

*supports OpenSocial JS API only

Simple Example Hello my name is: <div id=&quot;message&quot;></div> <script> function request() { var req = opensocial.newDataRequest(); req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest(&quot;OWNER&quot;), &quot;get_owner&quot;); req.send(response); }; function response(dataResponse) { var owner = dataResponse.get('get_owner').getData(); var html = 'Hello my name is: ' + owner.getDisplayName(); document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = html; }; request(); </script> //credit: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.8/devguide.html#Build_request

Hello my name is:

<div id=&quot;message&quot;></div>

<script>

function request() {

var req = opensocial.newDataRequest();

req.add(req.newFetchPersonRequest(&quot;OWNER&quot;), &quot;get_owner&quot;);

req.send(response);

};

function response(dataResponse) {

var owner = dataResponse.get('get_owner').getData();

var html = 'Hello my name is: ' + owner.getDisplayName();

document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = html;

};

request();

</script>

//credit: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.8/devguide.html#Build_request

Containers hi5, LinkedIn, MySpace, orkut, … http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Containers

hi5, LinkedIn, MySpace, orkut, …

http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=Containers

Numbers 20+ containers Hundreds of millions of users

20+ containers

Hundreds of millions of users

Strategy According to BuddyPoke (39M users in 1 year)*: Deploy on every container possible Use crowd-based localization services General: Use JavaScript to minimize server hits Use server-side code to insulate against container differences * As noted at WeekendApps 2/09.

According to BuddyPoke (39M users in 1 year)*:

Deploy on every container possible

Use crowd-based localization services

General:

Use JavaScript to minimize server hits

Use server-side code to insulate against container differences

* As noted at WeekendApps 2/09.

Cross Container Open Social code resources: http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/wiki/ComplianceTests Tutorial: http://sites.google.com/site/io/opensocial-across-containers

Open Social code resources: http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/wiki/ComplianceTests

Tutorial: http://sites.google.com/site/io/opensocial-across-containers

Links Opensocial .org Google’s docs on getting started: code.google.com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted.html OpenSocial across containers video: http://sites.google.com/site/io/opensocial-across-containers My notes from BuddyPoke’s talk at OpenSocial WeekendApps (2/09): http://erikeldridge.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/opensocialweekendapps-buddypoke/

Opensocial .org

Google’s docs on getting started: code.google.com/apis/opensocial/gettingstarted.html

OpenSocial across containers video: http://sites.google.com/site/io/opensocial-across-containers

My notes from BuddyPoke’s talk at OpenSocial WeekendApps (2/09): http://erikeldridge.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/opensocialweekendapps-buddypoke/