Definitely. Sounds like an implementation feature though. It's probably a bad idea to include the functionality of DrEval in the spec. DrEval can always be used AS a remote service URI, which is the common interface this spec should be based on (HTTP).
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Ivan Žužak <[email protected]> wrote: > "PubSubHubbub should support processing webhooks in the hub" is a > really cool one-liner. Will probably quote you on that :) > > DrEval makes me think of dynamic filters where subscribers could > specify a script which should be executed on notifications before > sending them to the subscriber, instead of a remote service URI. This > would also be a very interesting use case. > > Ivan > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 20:34, Jeff Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I just now actually fully read the blog post and it covers all the > > scenarios I can think of for doing this sort of thing. Webhooks as > filters > > are not greatly utilized. I'm using DrEval to add filtering/processing to > > Notify.io. HookPress exposes WP filters this way too. That's about it. > > I think you're on to something, and it would help promote the idea of > using > > webhooks in this way: PubSubHubbub should support processing webhooks in > the > > hub, as you propose. > > -jeff > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Ivan Žužak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hey Jeff, > >> > >> Thanks! I actually linked to webhooks.org in the article :). I agree > >> that most of what I wrote about can be broken down to the webhook > >> level, as can PSHB. Nevertheless, PSHB has a spec of a protocol while > >> webhooks are still a concept (though, a wonderfully simple and > >> powerful one) + guidelines. That's why processing/filtering was > >> currently easier to define in the context of PSHB. > >> > >> And -- I really like everything you've done with Scriptlets, DrEval, > >> Hookah and other services. Still, those are technologies/tools for > >> creating HTTP services and there's a lot to be done with defining > >> their interaction and I'm really looking forward to that happening. > >> The RESTful webhooks proposal is looking very promising. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Ivan > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 18:14, Jeff Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > You should look into the greater webhooks ecosystem (slowly being > called > >> > the > >> > Evented Web). It's all about the things your talking about here. > >> > http://webhooks.org > >> > Of particular interest might be Scriptlets (currently undergoing a > major > >> > upgrade) and DrEval. > >> > -jeff > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Ivan Žužak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi all, > >> >> > >> >> Just wanted to point to my new blog post - http://bit.ly/5PMXGq. In > >> >> short, it's about extending PSHB to support not only real-time > >> >> delivery of feeds but also their filtering and processing via 3rd > >> >> party services. As I write in the post, I've discussed some of these > >> >> ideas a few months back with Julien (over email) and Brett (over > >> >> FriendFeed) but never got around to starting a broader discussion > with > >> >> concrete ideas. > >> >> > >> >> Feedback is welcome and if it's mostly positive I think that would be > >> >> a good signal to start defining an extension to the protocol which > >> >> supports this. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks, > >> >> Ivan > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Jeff Lindsay > >> > http://webhooks.org -- Make the web more programmable > >> > http://shdh.org -- A party for hackers and thinkers > >> > http://tigdb.com -- Discover indie games > >> > http://progrium.com -- More interesting things > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jeff Lindsay > > http://webhooks.org -- Make the web more programmable > > http://shdh.org -- A party for hackers and thinkers > > http://tigdb.com -- Discover indie games > > http://progrium.com -- More interesting things > > > -- Jeff Lindsay http://webhooks.org -- Make the web more programmable http://shdh.org -- A party for hackers and thinkers http://tigdb.com -- Discover indie games http://progrium.com -- More interesting things
