Hi Raj. Stay tuned to the orkut Developer Blog later today for an announcement regarding OpenSocial 0.8 on the sandbox.
http://orkutdeveloper.blogspot.com/ Yes, you're correct that OpenSocial 0.8 makes it much easier to determine if a user has the application installed via a new HAS _APP field: http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.8/reference/#opensocial.Person.Field.HAS_APP As far as your last question, you really can't determine if the user has a particular desktop application installed from JavaScript -- all browser security models that I know of prevent JavaScript from accessing any information on the client (files, settings, and so forth), so I'm afraid you're out of luck here. - Jason On Sep 4, 10:37 am, Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
