I thought it might be helpful to start an unofficial Bug thread. Just
keep posting your bugs as you encounter them and that will bump the
thread, and hopefully a few guys and gals from Orkut lurking around
here can tell the others to fix it. (Or do it themselves.)
I'll start us off. I tried developing a module/gadget/app today, and
ran into the following three possible bugs:
1) The URL returned when a user doesn't have a profile picture does
NOT point to a valid picture. I had to make my own and do this:
var picUrl =
person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.THUMBNAIL_URL);
if (picUrl.indexOf('null') >= 0)
picUrl = 'http://luckyapps.com/opensocial/b.gif';
Perhaps the picture is not valid because the context in which it is
retrieved is not orkut.com . I discovered that none of the orkut
pictures could be viewed alone, or even saved, with my browser. I
think they can only be included in the context of a Google page.
2) The call
person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.THUMBNAIL_URL)
returns a full URL, but
person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.PROFILE_URL)
returns a URI within the context of the domain orkut.com . I guess
this was done because sandbox.orkut.com is there but also orkut.com is
there. However, this seems to be inconsistent with the spec, and I
worry whether it will suddenly change to be a FULL url. In other
words, I have to build a check into JS like this:
var url = person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.PROFILE_URL);
if (url.indexOf('http') == -1)
url = 'http://orkut.com' + url;
in view of the third bug, this is necessary.
3) The third "bug" is probably not a bug at all, since this is how
Google Gadgets seems to work as well. The gadget I create is CACHED
(for how long? I don't know. Can anyone tell me?) That means I keep
having to create NEW files on my server just to keep debugging my
gadget on orkut sandbox. Is there a BETTER WAY to debug? (I don't
think there is right now, but I'm curious.)
Alright, so that's 3 bugs. And there is also an observation: the
examples in the docs are WRONG -- trying to get pictures as described
there, by doing person.getField('picture') returns null.
Alright, hopefully this will help some developers. If someone from
Orkut is reading this, please say hi :)
Greg Magarshak
luckyapps.com
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