WebServiceable » OpenID http://webserviceable.com Mashups, APIs, Custom APIs. Information Shared. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:10:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Introducing Google Friend Connect API – 15 Tutorials/Resources and AJAX Playground Examples! http://webserviceable.com/2009/03/13/introducing-google-friend-connect-api-15-tutorials-and-ajax-playground-examples/ http://webserviceable.com/2009/03/13/introducing-google-friend-connect-api-15-tutorials-and-ajax-playground-examples/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:13:41 +0000 electBlake http://webserviceable.com/?p=141 Google Code Labs

Google + OAuth + OpenID = Google Friend Connect.

They’ve done it again, the boys over at google has released a full javascript API for their Friend Connect services. Which uses services like OAuth and OpenID to authenticate users on your website, and then provide all of the social networking features they want!

taken from official homepage:
“Google Friend Connect lets site owners instantly awaken and strengthen the community that visits their web site. Friend Connect:

  • Makes it easy for every site owner to add Friend Connect to their site regardless of their technical capabilities.
  • Uses open standards to let visitors control their own data and freely share it with sites and services as they see fit. Services include OpenID providers like Yahoo, social network providers like Twitter, and update aggregators like Plaxo Pulse.

Friend Connect APIs enable developers to:

  • Integrate social flows and data directly within a page’s markup, via the OpenSocial standard specification.
  • Integrate existing login systems, registered users, and existing data with new social data and activities.
  • Create social gadgets & services that are embeddable within millions of Friend Connect enabled sites.”

The factsheet, code examples, tutorials, and more after the turn!

Google Friend Connect API Factsheet

Google’s first foray into social networking with their network “Orkut.com” has had mixed reviews. With ups and downs over the years its never been a SMASHING global breakthrough (thats probably because its isolated to one country, heh)

With Friend Connect going API, Google seems to be creating a decentralized social network, using the entire internet as your homepage instead of on tiny and annoying mini-feed on your profile.

Imagine a world where 85% of the sites had Friend Connect on their site, you’d never have to register on a site again, simply type in your google creds and you’d be off to the races. I myself am a little scared of this, in recent years I’ve moved away from the google train – fearing what they will do with my personal information. I’ve been searching for a truly neutral (and yes, trendy) OpenID service that simply provides everything I need w/out tapping into my information.

Google has had many ghost stories over the years – Google Analytics results affecting Adsense Revenues, or Search Engine Optimzation. Even in my gmail I fear that google will figure out I’m Canadian and change my profile to match accordingly.

So with great power, comes great resposibility. And I know I am not going to jump full blown unto the Friend Connect train. I imagine myself registering a simple jailed user on there, to utilize the features, but I am uncomfortable putting my entire life into google’s hands…

Be sure to checkout the original news post at our friendly programmableweb.com
Google Friend Connect API

Google Friend Connect API Plugins, and CMS Related Talk

Google Friend Connect Examples

Google Friend Connect API Tutorials:

OpenSocial Wrappers and Libraries for Google Friend Connect (GFC) Serverside

If you have any specific requests or topics you’d like me to cover let me know! I’m looking for components and libraries for CodeIgniter and CakePHP now, but.. seems like people from those camps are opting to use their own ACL’s for social aspects.

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OAuth.netis an “open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.”

What does OAuth really mean?

Well, lets break the above description down into some key phrases and the pieces should come together.

  • a “protocol” is a standardized method for the communication of two computers. For instance HTTP is the standardized way of a webserver communicating with your computer when you browse a website.
  • “open” comes from the fact that this protocol is open source and can be viewed, downloaded, and maintained by anyone who is willing to take up the torch.
  • “secure API authorization” is the functionality that OAuth.net gives to its stakeholders – the ability for a developer to download OAuth.net and secure their API access without having to write a unique (and possibly bug filled) authentication!

Brief History of OAuth

With its draft and proposal process starting in April of 2006, and the first lines of code made available in Augest 2007, OAuth.net is young but has seen some massive uptake.

Originally draft to solve problems integrating OpenID with twitter.com (the microblogging site we all know and love), OAuth had google’s interest from the beginning when DeWitt Clinton from Google (a “corporate member” of the OpenID Foundation) got interested, “if only as a stakeholder”.

With its contributors looking to have every major language covered, OAuth should allow any developer to take advantage of the strength of open-source in their API Authentication process!

The Google Story and 15 Resources to Get Started with OAuth when you

Google and OAuth?!

A year after first commits to OAuths repository we can now see the real fruits of DeWitt’s interest as Google has officially announced a “Hybrid Protocol” that combines OpenID identity management with OAuth’s authorization process. Google looks to be taking OAuth and its existing OpenID integrations to the next level and whether we know it or not, google will be running OAuth in the background soon! Read up on OAuth and Google on OAuthGoog which looks to be headed up by Eric Sachs over at oauthgoog.blogspot.com.

Final Thoughts & Credits

I caught wind of OAuth through Yariv Adan on the Google Data APIs Blog via the almighty ProgrammableWeb, and I’m excited to see what happens next!

With sites like Digg.com, Yahoo.com, Google.com, and the fanboys of each pillar of internet glory supporting OpenID OAuth will be finding its home amoung the giants of industry and the movers of global information.

15 OAuth Resources for Programming & Learning!

Having friends like Google and an older-brother like OpenID has its advantages. Massive Interest. There are already guides and tutorials and resources popping up for integrating OAuth into your (web)application. I’ve collected a few of them below to get you off to the races.

OAuth Basic Information and Documentation

OAuth Testing & Examples

  • OAuth Playground on googlecodesamples.com – Code examples of OAuth on virtually all of the Google Data APIs
  • OAuth Test Server on term.ie – get testing!
  • OAuth Sandbox on mediamatic.nl – a sandboxed OAuth Testing Environment

OAuth in Ruby

OAuth in PHP and PHP Applications

OAuth on the iPhone!

OAuth Feeds & Sites

If you find any more sites or anything that I’ve missed please drop me a line in the comments and I’ll be sure to revise and give credit! Thanks!

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