On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Ryan Baxter <rbaxte...@apache.org> wrote:

> OK I understand.  Quickly looking at the TODO gadgets source it looks
> like they are using signed fetch (2 legged OAuth).  Personally this is
> one of the areas I am not familiar with in Shindig, so I can't be to
> much help on how to enable it, maybe someone else knows more.
>
> However I believe you will need to reach out to the OAuth provider (in
> this case the authors of the TODO gadget) to exchange some information
> with them in order to make this work.  OAuth generally involves some
> exchange of information between the client (the container) and the
> provider.
>

I believe it *used* to be that Shindig would use the default signing key in
the absence of any consumer data from the provider.  There was a refactor
in 2.5, so this may not be the case anymore.


>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Darren Bond <db...@globalcad.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ryan,
> >
> >
> >
> > Please find below a further description and links to our new test site.
> >
> >
> >
> > Certain gadgets interact with users and during that interaction silently
> > save such user generated data, an example being the To Do List gadget...
> >
> > http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets
> > <
> http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url=www.labpixies.com/campa
> > igns/todo/todo.xml> &url=www.labpixies.com/campaigns/todo/todo.xml
> >
> > According to our research, such gadgets use the OAuth mechanism for
> > communication between the gadget container (Shindig) and the gadget's
> > internal infrastructure which is encapsulated on the gadget's server
> side.
> > We have no clue regarding how to integrate such a configuration with our
> > site and to persist such user data.
> >
> >
> >
> > Essentially, if a user enters notes on the To Do List and then closes and
> > loads the page again, such data is lost. This also appears to happen on
> the
> > iGoogle site for anonymous visitors. However, for registered users
> (logged
> > in) the To Do notes are preserved and restored between browser sessions
> - so
> > the question is, how can we do the same on our site and preserve this
> data
> > between browser sessions?
> >
> >
> >
> > We've generated a test site for problem gadgets, including the To Do List
> > gadget issued mentioned above...
> >
> >
> >
> > http://beta.blueg.com/test/personal.htm
> >
> > http://beta.blueg.com/test/personal_canvas.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Darren
> >
>

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