I believe I can reproduce the same problem by visiting http://www.google.com/ig?force_sandbox=1 . I see a 400 error in the response to a people.get post. I haven't verified on many gadgets but I'll report the problem and see what we come up with.
Rob Russell Google Developer Relations On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Ben Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rob, > > My gadget is here: > http://ig.hosted.chesscomapps.com/api/gadget_def.php > > You can see some complaints here: > > http://www.google.com/ig/directory?url=ig.hosted.chesscomapps.com/api/gadget_def.php > > ...but we've received many more to our support address. Only some people > are seeing the problem. One of my support techs cannot see our gadget, but I > can (like you, probably). > > The problem is not that the users have not authorized open social access -- > our tech has deauthorized and re-authorized a number of times. The problem > is not specific to our gadgets -- EVERY open social gadget we add has the > same problem (e.g., ours, Scrabble, others). The problem is not > account-specific -- when I log into our tech's account, I do not see the > problems she's reporting, even at the same time that she does see the > problems. Our tech is in the UK, but she sees the problem on google.co.ukand > on > google.com (whereas I do *not* see the problem on either server when > logged in as her). If it's location-based, it might be European-centric, > given all of the various European languages and email addresses we're seeing > in the comments and support requests. > > The attached screenshot (does that come through in this forum?) shows: > - all open social gadgets are fully permitted by the user to access friends > and updates > - our development gadget shows the error message field but no message from > the Google server > - both our Chess gadget and Scrabble show errors saying the user is not > signed in (of course she is or she would not see the changes I make on her > account when I sign in as her) > > Does that narrow it down? > > > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 12:52 PM, Rob Russell wrote: > > Specifically for the Shared Goals gadget, this message is normal if you >> haven't elected to allow the gadget to see your friends group. Click the >> social icon at the top of the Shared Goals gadget and check the settings. >> Ensure that both boxes are checked and click the Save button. This worked >> for the account I tested on. >> >> In the case of the other gadgets, make sure the users that have set the >> options I described. If they were previously set and now aren't, can you >> give a url for one of the gadgets? >> >> Rob Russell >> Google Developer Relations >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Kropotkin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Hi Ben >> >> Still broken at 17.10 GMT for me. It isn't just that gadget - i.e the >> problem is more widespread. Maybe to do with the server of the code >> injected into the gadgets? >> >> Justin >> >> >> >> On Jun 2, 4:02 pm, Ben Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I take this back. It looks like it is currently affecting some people >> > (some of my players, my tech support crew) but not others (me). >> > >> > Rob - could you alert the proper engineers about this? >> > >> > On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:34 AM, Ben Curtis wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > We received a number of reports of the same problem starting at >> > > about the time of your email, and ending an hour later. Things seem >> > > fine now in our gadget. Looks like a temporary glitch. >> > >> > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:58 AM, Kropotkin wrote: >> > >> > >> Hi >> > >> > >> Trying to experiment with a social gadget in this case this one: >> > >>http://www.google.com/ig/modules/goals/goals.xml >> > >> > >> It says ' This gadget cannot access the information it needs to share >> > >> or collaborate with friends. Please sign in to enable access.' though >> > >> I am signed in (to the container). >> > >> > >> It was working yesterday. >> > >> > >> I've tried several other social gadgets and created a completely new >> > >> account and tried another browser. >> > >> > >> The POSTs (rpc calls) are failing with the error - Missing or >> > >> malformed url parameter HTTP 400. Since this applies to several >> > >> different social gadgets it would appear that either the container >> > >> code or the server is broken today. >> > >> > >> Crumbs. >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > >> Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. >> > >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > >> . >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> >> > >> . >> > >> For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en >> > >> . >> > >> > > -- >> > >> > > Ben Curtis : webwright >> > > bivia : a personal web studio >> > > http://www.bivia.com/ >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > . >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> >> > > . >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en >> > > . >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Ben Curtis : webwright >> > bivia : a personal web studio >> > http://www.bivia.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. >> > > > -- > > Ben Curtis : webwright > bivia : a personal web studio > http://www.bivia.com/ > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. 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