hmmm that sounds like the gadget sending a GET and POST request to the
app server. what about the other way around? that is, the app server
sending a GET or POST request to a user's gadget?

On Mar 4, 12:31 pm, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> At present, gadgets can issue asynchronous requests and retrieve a
> text, JSON, or XML response. The requests can be used to fetch
> information from a server or post new information to a server. All
> users have a unique ID, which you can send along with these requests,
> and certain parameters can be signed in order to verify the
> authenticity of the request. More details are provided in the
> OpenSocial API specification:
>
> http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/spec.html#remote
>
> This is not intended to be a substitute for the REST API, but you can
> use it in the meantime if your application requires a server-side back-
> end. Please let me know if you have additional questions on this.
>
> - Jason
>
> On Mar 4, 9:22 am, babygodzilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I've been looking around for tutorials on how to modify a widget's
> > content from a remote Java app, but I couldn't find anything, or maybe
> > I just wasn't looking at the right place. In any case, my questions
> > are simple:
>
> > 1) Is it possible to do so with the current Open Social 0.7?
> > 2) How do I identify each user? Is there a persistent session key or
> > anything like that?
> > 3) How do I POST new content into the widget?
>
> > I wish the REST API would come out already. It'd be so much more
> > simpler than this gadget stuff...
>
> > Thank you!!
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