Hi Developers Thanks for the idea about 'gender'. I was going through the OpenSocial 0.8 featured video and it talks about a Javascript API called 'hasapp' which tells the app developer if a user has installed/uninstalled the app. But i don t see that api in the opensocial api references. Am i missing something.
Moreover, does anyone have any idea when Orkut will move to OpenSocial 0.8 so that developers can use these new apis. The question I asked last time has a little more to it. Let me reiterate with an example Suppose I develop an Orkut app which gives the user a choice to install some software from a website (like Skype or Yahoo ) on to the "desktop" of the user's machine [not on the Google Server]. In that case: a) How do I make sure that the user installed my Orkut App (on the google server)? (Jason already answered that with a good idea about 'Gender') b) How do I make sure that the user installed the app from the redirected website (Skype or Yahoo) on to the desktop? Please let me know if my question requires further clarification. Thanks Raj OpenSocial RULES!!!!! On Sep 3, 10:18 am, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'll have to send this information with the redirect itself. > Unfortunately, there isn't a convenient method for determining whether > a given person has the current application installed, but there are > other ways to infer this. For example, you can request an extended > profile field such as GENDER. After the viewer is retrieved, you can > inspect this field -- if the result is not null, this confirms that > the viewer has installed the application. This technique works because > gender is a required field in orkut but this information is only > available for users with the app installed. > > Once you have this information, pass it as a URL argument to the > software installation page. > > Cheers! > - Jason > > On Sep 1, 12:32 pm, Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Developers > > Suppose I have a Orkut app which allows the user to redirect to a > > publicly available website's software installation page. In that case, > > how can i retrieve information whether the app from the redirected > > page was installed or not by the orkut user? > > > Do let me know your views. > > Thanks > > Raj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" 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-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
