Understanding the OpenSocial API
What is OpenSocial? Simply put, OpenSocial defines a common Application Programming Interface (API) for social applications across multiple social networking websites. In essence, you use the OpenSocial API to build hosted XML applications/documents written in HTML and JavaScript. The API lets your applications access the network’s friends and update feeds.
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Learn more about developing Google gadgets in Chapter 44, “Creating Google Gadgets.”
OpenSocial applications can be written in any HTML or text editor, or using the Google Gadgets framework. In fact, creating an OpenSocial application is a lot like creating a Google gadget.
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Learn more about OpenSocial at the OpenSocial Foundation website ...
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