Now it's only happening when I use &bpc=1 But I'm fairly sure (though not entirely) that it was also happening without the flag 15 minutes ago.
Alex On 3/5/08, Amar Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Alex, > > We can't repro the bug on our end - but will try a few more tests. > > Sorry but there's no good way to get the AppId programmatically. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Epshteyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:23 PM > To: Amar Gandhi > Cc: Orkut Developer Forum; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Peter Chane; Lane > LiaBraaten; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Serious error with gadgets.views.requestNavigateTo() call > > Parsing that forwarded email, I think Amar is trying to say that you might > be able to do: > > window.top.location = canvasPageUrlForAnotherUser > > instead of > > requestNavigateTo(canvas) > > This sounds plausible. Any way to avoid hardcoding the appId number in the > source code? Is the appId available through some opensocial call? > > I'll give it a try shortly. > > Thanks, > Alex > > > On 3/5/08, Amar Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Alex, do you know if using the technique below gets you over the > > RequestNavigateTo bug: > > > > some info about Ids and Urls copy-pasted from a thread with an > > engineer at ilike. > > > > ------ > > > > AppId and Appinfo Urls > > > > AppId - is a function of the app spec Url. so if the Url changes, > > you get a new id. this is broken - we know. here's the recommended > workaround: > > - own your Dns (done - in case of ilike) > > - redirect from something that will remain stable like > > http://company.com/orkut/appname to wherever you're hosting the app > > spec > > > > The AppId will be the same across sandbox and www. > > > > Absolute Url pattern for AppInfo page is > > - http://sandbox.orkut.com/AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appId> > > - http://www.orkut.com/AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appId> > > > > Since the app needs to work seamlessly across sandbox and www, the > > recommended practice is to generate host-relative Urls like > > /AppInfo.aspx?appId=<appid> > > > > userIds and profile and canvas Urls > > > > There are two user ids - one in Url for all orkut pages and another > > in opensocial APIs. These are different - for reasons for security > > and caution. > > > > Orkut profile page Url pattern is /Profile.aspx?uid=<profileId> > > Canvas page for person that has app installed is > > /Application.aspx?uid=<profileId>&appId=<appId> > > Going to canvas page for person that doesn't have app installed takes > > you to error page. we're considering improving it. > > > > So, how to get the <profileId> from opensocialId? You can extract it > > from the PROFILE_URL which is available for all of an owner's > > friends. You might try something like: > > var profileId = > > person.getField(opensocial.Person.Field.PROFILE_URL).split("=")[1]; > > > > A frequently-asked question is how to work around the fact that > > RequestNavigate doesn't take a user param - so how do you navigate > > from your app to another's user's canvas page that has the same app. > > > > currently, you can do this by navigating the main window there by > > setting window.top.location = canvasPageUrlForAnotherUser; > > > > Creating app pages > > > > For the U2 scenario, you will have to suffer thru the crufty > > appParams=<escaped blob of JSON params> technique. So link to U2's > > artist page would be something like: > > > > > > /Application.aspx?uid=<activityStreamCreator>&appId=<appId>&appParams= > > <escap > > ed [artist: U2] > > > > > Let me know if there's anything else that unblocks you still. And > > again, we know this is somewhat ugly and we will improve it. > > > > if this is useful, we should put out a quick blogpost titled "Ids and > > Urls in Orkut". > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Epshteyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:48 PM > > To: Orkut Developer Forum > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Amar Gandhi; Peter Chane; Lane LiaBraaten; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Serious error with gadgets.views.requestNavigateTo() > > call > > > > > > Urgent: This is NOT fixed! > > > > http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/issues/detail?id=98 > > > > On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, Alex has already filed a bug for this serious > > > issue.http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/. > > .. > > > > > > Add your star on the bug in the tracker to bump this up an get an > > > email when it is > > > fixed:http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/issues/detail?id=9 > > > 8 > > > > > > Jerome > > > > > > On Mar 2, 5:47 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I have a link to canvas view (a function call below) for one of > > my > > applications 'X' on my Profile. > > > > > > > function gotoCanvas(dummyvar) { > > > > var canvas_view = new gadgets.views.View("canvas"); > > > > gadgets.views.requestNavigateTo(canvas_view); > > > > > > > }; > > > > > > > When i clicked(called the above function) from my application 'X' > > , > > it loaded the Canvas page of another application which was > > present > > below the application 'X' in my profile. > > > > > > > I think this is a bug which needs some attention from Orkut side. > > > > > > > -Antony > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. 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