Normally when the gadget server gives you an error as the http response, it dumps a stack trace in the terminal where it's running. That stack trace would be useful for figuring this out.
-Tim On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Tyrell Perera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Thanks Tim. > > I tried the approach you mentioned since both my container and the > gadget server are from the same origin, however the post fails with a > 500 error. The message I get is "Unable to write JSON". > > I can't run the example either. It fails with the same error. > > Am I missing something? > > Tyrell > > > Tim Thelin wrote: > | The gadget server is what has the direct access to fields like title (the > | metadata), but the gadget server does not make your gadget's chrome (the > | outer parts like the title bar, settings button, etc). So when your > | container starts making the chrome around a gadget, it needs to > contact the > | gadget server to get the metadata from it. This can either be done > | directly (XMLHttpRequest) or indirectly (your webserver does the http > | request, passing back the results to your page). > | > | javascript/container/sample-metadata.html is an example of doing it > directly > | using XMLHttpRequest, but it only works if the gadget server is on the > same > | origin as the container. > | > | More likely (like in my case) you'll have to do this request indirectly > by > | having your webserver make the http request to the gadget server. > Once your > | webserver receives the json metadata response, it passes it to the > container > | javascript for use. > | > | -Tim > | > | > | On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Tyrell Perera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > | Hi, > | > | I'm writing a dashboard page using the Shindig samples as a guideline > | and noticed that the 'Title' attribute defined in a gadget xml is not > | read (at least in the sample container pages). > | > | Is there a way to get the value given in the title attribute to be > | displayed in the UI widgets title? > | > | thanks, > | Tyrell > | > | > |> > > - -- > Tyrell Perera > Senior Software Engineer; WSO2, Inc.; http://www.wso2.com/ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; cell: +94 77 302 2505 > > "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform." > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFISD5iehFdPcgGx7oRAj9DAJ90OWzLObqnWYaNyK6lDlt/7Hu/MgCfX3Xb > zqnV4tYS4B5i0uzfUc2g+0E= > =FPZg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
