The Hi5 sandbox currently uses the "synd" querystring parameter (e.g.
"synd=hi5"), which is nicer than trying to parse the parent URL.  That
would be a preferred standard IMHO.

On Nov 14, 1:04 pm, "Arne Roomann-Kurrik (Google)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Currently there isn't a standard way of doing this, and perhaps
> someone from one of the other containers can elaborate more on how
> they implement it, but the Orkut model has been to pass a querystring
> parameter called "parent" to the iframe containing the gadget.
>
> In Orkut you can retrieve this using _args()["parent"].  It will be
> the base url of the current container - "http://sandbox.orkut.com";
> currently.
>
> I have a feature request logged to get this into the OpenSocial API.
> It's going to be quite important once multiple containers begin going
> live.
>
> ~Arne
>
> On Nov 14, 9:40 am, Simon Willison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way for an OpenSocial gadget to detect which container
> > (Ning, Orkut etc) it is currently running in?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Simon
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