Aparently, Google foes not support signed requests for GFC right now, but it is coming.
I blogged about it here (update at bottom); http://unclescript.blogspot.com/2008/12/google-friend-connect-site.html Cheers, PS On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Patrick Ellul <[email protected]>wrote: > > also, it seems like the following imporant parameters are also not > sent by the container: > > opensocial_* example opensocial_viewer_id > oauth_* example oauth_consumer_key > > On Dec 22, 2:44 pm, Patrick Ellul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh I have the same issue... I really need signed requests! > > > > On Dec 19, 6:12 am, "Peter Svensson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thank you!!! > > > > > I mean - Argh! But thanks for the information :) > > > Do you know about how much this have a priority? > > > > > Cheers, > > > PS > > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Kevin Marks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Signed Requests are not yet supported by GoogleFriendConnect- this is > > > > coming in a future release. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Peter Svensson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> John, > > > >> thanks for the idea. That might be good enough security, but > consider > > > >> that you're open to bots (or humans) registering themselves with > stolen ids. > > > >> I would prefer if Google provided a simple functionality to > authenticate > > > >> users, a kind of 'quick path', since it would be so usable, and is > asked > > > >> from many different corners. > > > > > >> Cheers, > > > >> PS > > > > > >> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, John Weidner <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >>> I just wrote a custom gadget that prompts for a username and > > > >>> password. Then I usemakeRequestto send these credentials along > > > >>> with their open social viewerId. On the server side, if the > username > > > >>> and password are correct, I store the viewerId in my user database > for > > > >>> that user. So now I know the viewerId for these users. But I'm > > > >>> currently doing this without signed authentication. > > > > > >>> On Dec 15, 7:19 am, psvensson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > I just want to report back to my server the uniquefriendconnectid > > > >>> > and basic info of the current viewer. How hard can it be? > > > > > >>> > I might not have understood how to do this correctly, but here's > what > > > >>> > I have done; > > > > > >>> > 1. I have made sure thatfriendconnectworks on my site canvas, > rpc- > > > >>> > html, basic widgets and all that jazz. > > > >>> > 2. I have made a simple custom widget, I call osaccess.xml which > gets > > > >>> > pulled in OK (Which I can see in firebug. It's of course proxied > by a > > > >>> > google server, but the content that gets in the browser is the > same > > > >>> > that I wrote). > > > >>> > 3. From JS inside that custom widget, I make a request back to my > > > >>> > server. It works fine if I use NONE as authorizationtype. > > > >>> > 4. When I switch to SIGNED, I want to utilize that the google > proxy > > > >>> > guarantees id, and packs a lot of good info about the > user/viewer. > > > > > >>> > The code looks like this; > > > > > >>> > function foo() > > > >>> > { > > > >>> > ..... > > > >>> > var params = {}; > > > >>> > params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.CONTENT_TYPE] > = > > > >>> > gadgets.io.ContentType.TEXT; > > > >>> > > params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.AUTHORIZATION] = > > > >>> > gadgets.io.AuthorizationType.SIGNED; > > > >>> > > params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.REFRESH_INTERVAL] > > > >>> > = 5; > > > >>> > var url = "http://howtobethechange.appspot.com/ > > > >>> > osaccess/"; > > > >>> > console.log("calling url... '"+url+"'"); > > > >>> > gadgets.io.makeRequest(url, reqcb, params); > > > >>> > }; > > > > > >>> > function reqcb(data) > > > >>> > { > > > >>> > console.log("reqcb called...."); > > > >>> > console.dir(data); > > > >>> > } > > > > > >>> > The reqcb always reply "404: not found" when I use SIGNED. > > > > > >>> > What is it that is not found? > > > > > >>> > Where can I read about examples on how to set this up. It seems > to be > > > >>> > the absolutely single first, top of mind, thing that any > pgroammer > > > >>> > want to do and sort of _the whole point_ offriendconnect- to > report > > > >>> > back the certified user id of the current viewer to the site > hosting > > > >>> > the widgets. > > > > > >>> > What am I missing? > > > > > >>> > I should point out that I have registered my site athttps:// > > > >>>www.google.com/accounts/ManageDomains, using a x.509 PEM > > > >>> > certificate. It feels like there is a 'magic' url I have to > provide > > > >>> > (though I can't find any access from any google proxies or > anything > > > >>> > else when running the script). > > > > > >>> > Very thankful for any advice. > > > > > >>> > Cheers, > > > >>> > PS > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
