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Posted to users@shindig.apache.org by Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com> on 2014/07/27 02:03:32 UTC
Setting gadget container
Hi All,
I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days, and
finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
understand the fully the concept of gadget and container communication)
I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig for
gadget rendering.
I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
*http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
<http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml>*
with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using iframe i
need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication between
gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
rendering.
2) how i can auto resize iframe
3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to display to
user for edit.
It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy can
help me that would be really great.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Raj
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>.
Hi Ryan,
Thank you so much that make sense to me now. It is exciting me day by day
and now i feel what a wonderful this Apache Shindig is.
Regards,
Raj
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@apache.org> wrote:
> If I remember correctly I believe the difference is in the parameters
> passed to the callback. I believe CommonContainer.rpcRegister will
> pass some additional parameters to the callback most importantly the
> GadgetSite object.
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Ryan,
> >
> > I think i have resolved this slowness issue, yes you are right i was
> using
> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = true; If i make it
> > false then rendering is too fast.
> >
> > and below is the url for javascript container.
> >
> >
> shindig/gadgets/js/core:open-views:opensearch:container:rpc:selection:views:actions:opensocial:xmlutil.js?c=1&debug=1&container=default
> >
> > I dont understand the difference between below two i know when the first
> one
> > when it is triggered but dont know commoncontaner one.
> >
> > gadgets.rpc.register('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
> >
> > and
> >
> > CommonContainer.rpcRegister('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
> >
> > Thank you very much
> >
> > Regards,
> > Raj
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> What is the URL you are using to include the container javascript?
> >> Are you passing the debug and nocache query parameters?
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Ryan,
> >> >
> >> > Yes it is on the same machine
> >> > I am using the latest stable version of shindig. My mac is very fast
> for
> >> > other heavy stuff. I got high speed broadband too.
> >> > It is just shindig slow.
> >> >
> >> > Dont know what is going wrong here other thing is why those param are
> >> > not
> >> > getting applied particularly cache.
> >> >
> >> > Any idea?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > On Monday, July 28, 2014, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
> >> >> gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <
> raj.janorkar@gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
> >> >> > It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
> >> >> > container
> >> >> > code
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Below is the code
> >> >> >
> >> >> > var config = config || {};
> >> >> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
> >> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
> >> >> > window.location.origin;
> >> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] =
> >> >> > '/shindig/rpc';
> >> >> >
> >> >> > var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
> >> >> > CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > function below which build container
> >> >> >
> >> >> > buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
> >> >> > var result = result || {};
> >> >> > var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
> >> >> > var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
> >> >> > var params = {};
> >> >> >
> >> >> > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
> >> >> >
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
> >> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] =
> moduleID[2] +
> >> >> > moduleID[3];
> >> >> > var viewParams = undefined;
> >> >> >
> >> >> > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL,
> >> >> > viewParams,
> >> >> > params);
> >> >> > return gadgetSite;
> >> >> > }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
> >> >> >
> >> >> > - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to
> >> >> > render
> >> >> > the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
> >> >> > i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and
> >> >> > apache
> >> >> > Tomcat
> >> >> >
> >> >> > - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
> >> >> > passing
> >> >> > nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this
> >> >> > param.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > am i missing anything here.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > thank you very much in advance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > Raj
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rbaxter85@gmail.com
> >
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi Raj,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the
> best
> >> >> >> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig
> >> >> >> called
> >> >> >> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
> >> >> >> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1].
> The
> >> >> >> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started.
> In
> >> >> >> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
> >> >> >> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin
> >> >> >> with
> >> >> >> container*.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
> >> >> >> [2]
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar
> >> >> >> <ra...@gmail.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> > Hi All,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25
> >> >> >> > days,
> >> >> >> > and
> >> >> >> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but
> don't
> >> >> >> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container
> >> >> >> > communication)
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA
> >> >> >> > shindig
> >> >> >> > for
> >> >> >> > gadget rendering.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > *
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > <
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >*
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am
> using
> >> >> >> > iframe
> >> >> >> > i
> >> >> >> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after
> >> >> >> > reading
> >> >> >> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication
> >> >> >> > between
> >> >> >> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all
> >> >> >> > my
> >> >> >> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for
> >> >> >> > gadget
> >> >> >> > rendering.
> >> >> >> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
> >> >> >> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
> >> >> >> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this.
> See
> >> >> >> Container.rpcRegister.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
> >> >> >> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
> >> >> >> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with
> the
> >> >> >> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and
> gadgets.window.adjustWidth()
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> auto resize the iframe.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to
> >> >> >> > display
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > user for edit.
> >> >> >> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor
> does
> >> >> >> it
> >> >> >> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to
> >> >> >> you.
> >> >> >> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before
> you
> >> >> >> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the
> >> >> >> preferences
> >> >> >> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load
> metadata
> >> >> >> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
> >> >> >> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any
> >> >> >> > buddy
> >> >> >> > can
> >> >> >> > help me that would be really great.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thank you in advance.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> >> > Raj
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >
> >
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Ryan Baxter <rb...@apache.org>.
If I remember correctly I believe the difference is in the parameters
passed to the callback. I believe CommonContainer.rpcRegister will
pass some additional parameters to the callback most importantly the
GadgetSite object.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> I think i have resolved this slowness issue, yes you are right i was using
> config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = true; If i make it
> false then rendering is too fast.
>
> and below is the url for javascript container.
>
> shindig/gadgets/js/core:open-views:opensearch:container:rpc:selection:views:actions:opensocial:xmlutil.js?c=1&debug=1&container=default
>
> I dont understand the difference between below two i know when the first one
> when it is triggered but dont know commoncontaner one.
>
> gadgets.rpc.register('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
>
> and
>
> CommonContainer.rpcRegister('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Regards,
> Raj
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What is the URL you are using to include the container javascript?
>> Are you passing the debug and nocache query parameters?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Ryan,
>> >
>> > Yes it is on the same machine
>> > I am using the latest stable version of shindig. My mac is very fast for
>> > other heavy stuff. I got high speed broadband too.
>> > It is just shindig slow.
>> >
>> > Dont know what is going wrong here other thing is why those param are
>> > not
>> > getting applied particularly cache.
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > On Monday, July 28, 2014, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
>> >> gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
>> >> > It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
>> >> > container
>> >> > code
>> >> >
>> >> > Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
>> >> >
>> >> > Below is the code
>> >> >
>> >> > var config = config || {};
>> >> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
>> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
>> >> > window.location.origin;
>> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] =
>> >> > '/shindig/rpc';
>> >> >
>> >> > var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
>> >> > CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > function below which build container
>> >> >
>> >> > buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
>> >> > var result = result || {};
>> >> > var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
>> >> > var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
>> >> > var params = {};
>> >> >
>> >> > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
>> >> >
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
>> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
>> >> > moduleID[3];
>> >> > var viewParams = undefined;
>> >> >
>> >> > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL,
>> >> > viewParams,
>> >> > params);
>> >> > return gadgetSite;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
>> >> >
>> >> > - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to
>> >> > render
>> >> > the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
>> >> > i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and
>> >> > apache
>> >> > Tomcat
>> >> >
>> >> > - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
>> >> > passing
>> >> > nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this
>> >> > param.
>> >> >
>> >> > am i missing anything here.
>> >> >
>> >> > thank you very much in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> > Raj
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Raj,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
>> >> >> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig
>> >> >> called
>> >> >> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
>> >> >> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
>> >> >> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
>> >> >> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
>> >> >> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> container*.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
>> >> >> [2]
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar
>> >> >> <ra...@gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Hi All,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25
>> >> >> > days,
>> >> >> > and
>> >> >> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
>> >> >> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container
>> >> >> > communication)
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA
>> >> >> > shindig
>> >> >> > for
>> >> >> > gadget rendering.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > *http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > <http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml>*
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using
>> >> >> > iframe
>> >> >> > i
>> >> >> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after
>> >> >> > reading
>> >> >> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication
>> >> >> > between
>> >> >> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all
>> >> >> > my
>> >> >> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for
>> >> >> > gadget
>> >> >> > rendering.
>> >> >> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
>> >> >> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
>> >> >> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
>> >> >> Container.rpcRegister.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
>> >> >> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
>> >> >> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
>> >> >> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth()
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> auto resize the iframe.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to
>> >> >> > display
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > user for edit.
>> >> >> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to
>> >> >> you.
>> >> >> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
>> >> >> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the
>> >> >> preferences
>> >> >> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
>> >> >> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
>> >> >> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any
>> >> >> > buddy
>> >> >> > can
>> >> >> > help me that would be really great.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thank you in advance.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Regards,
>> >> >> > Raj
>> >> >
>> >> >
>
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>.
Hi Ryan,
I think i have resolved this slowness issue, yes you are right i was using
config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = true; If i make it
false then rendering is too fast.
and below is the url for javascript container.
shindig/gadgets/js/core:open-views:opensearch:container:rpc:selection:views:actions:opensocial:xmlutil.js?c=1&debug=1&container=default
*I dont understand the difference between below two i know when the first
one when it is triggered but dont know commoncontaner one.*
gadgets.rpc.register('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
*and *
CommonContainer.rpcRegister('resize_iframe', this.setHeight);
Thank you very much
Regards,
Raj
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the URL you are using to include the container javascript?
> Are you passing the debug and nocache query parameters?
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Ryan,
> >
> > Yes it is on the same machine
> > I am using the latest stable version of shindig. My mac is very fast for
> > other heavy stuff. I got high speed broadband too.
> > It is just shindig slow.
> >
> > Dont know what is going wrong here other thing is why those param are not
> > getting applied particularly cache.
> >
> > Any idea?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On Monday, July 28, 2014, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
> >> gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
> >> > It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
> >> > container
> >> > code
> >> >
> >> > Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
> >> >
> >> > Below is the code
> >> >
> >> > var config = config || {};
> >> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
> >> > window.location.origin;
> >> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] = '/shindig/rpc';
> >> >
> >> > var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
> >> > CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > function below which build container
> >> >
> >> > buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
> >> > var result = result || {};
> >> > var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
> >> > var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
> >> > var params = {};
> >> >
> >> > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
> >> >
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
> >> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
> >> > moduleID[3];
> >> > var viewParams = undefined;
> >> >
> >> > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL,
> >> > viewParams,
> >> > params);
> >> > return gadgetSite;
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
> >> >
> >> > - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to
> >> > render
> >> > the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
> >> > i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and
> apache
> >> > Tomcat
> >> >
> >> > - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
> >> > passing
> >> > nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this param.
> >> >
> >> > am i missing anything here.
> >> >
> >> > thank you very much in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Raj
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Raj,
> >> >>
> >> >> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
> >> >> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig
> called
> >> >> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
> >> >> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
> >> >> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
> >> >> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
> >> >> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
> >> >> container*.
> >> >>
> >> >> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
> >> >> [2]
> >> >>
> >> >>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <
> raj.janorkar@gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi All,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25
> days,
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
> >> >> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container
> >> >> > communication)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA
> shindig
> >> >> > for
> >> >> > gadget rendering.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > *
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > <
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >*
> >> >> >
> >> >> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using
> >> >> > iframe
> >> >> > i
> >> >> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after
> reading
> >> >> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication
> >> >> > between
> >> >> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
> >> >> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for
> gadget
> >> >> > rendering.
> >> >> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
> >> >> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
> >> >> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
> >> >> Container.rpcRegister.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
> >> >> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
> >> >> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
> >> >> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth()
> to
> >> >> auto resize the iframe.
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to
> >> >> > display
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > user for edit.
> >> >> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does
> it
> >> >> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
> >> >> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
> >> >> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
> >> >> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
> >> >> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
> >> >> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any
> buddy
> >> >> > can
> >> >> > help me that would be really great.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thank you in advance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > Raj
> >> >
> >> >
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>.
What is the URL you are using to include the container javascript?
Are you passing the debug and nocache query parameters?
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> Yes it is on the same machine
> I am using the latest stable version of shindig. My mac is very fast for
> other heavy stuff. I got high speed broadband too.
> It is just shindig slow.
>
> Dont know what is going wrong here other thing is why those param are not
> getting applied particularly cache.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Monday, July 28, 2014, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
>> gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
>> > It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
>> > container
>> > code
>> >
>> > Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
>> >
>> > Below is the code
>> >
>> > var config = config || {};
>> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
>> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
>> > window.location.origin;
>> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] = '/shindig/rpc';
>> >
>> > var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
>> > CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
>> >
>> >
>> > function below which build container
>> >
>> > buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
>> > var result = result || {};
>> > var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
>> > var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
>> > var params = {};
>> >
>> > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
>> >
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
>> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
>> > moduleID[3];
>> > var viewParams = undefined;
>> >
>> > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL,
>> > viewParams,
>> > params);
>> > return gadgetSite;
>> > }
>> >
>> > Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
>> >
>> > - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to
>> > render
>> > the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
>> > i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and apache
>> > Tomcat
>> >
>> > - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
>> > passing
>> > nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this param.
>> >
>> > am i missing anything here.
>> >
>> > thank you very much in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Raj
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Raj,
>> >>
>> >> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
>> >> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig called
>> >> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
>> >> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
>> >> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
>> >> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
>> >> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
>> >> container*.
>> >>
>> >> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
>> >> [2]
>> >>
>> >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi All,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days,
>> >> > and
>> >> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
>> >> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container
>> >> > communication)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig
>> >> > for
>> >> > gadget rendering.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > *http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > <http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml>*
>> >> >
>> >> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using
>> >> > iframe
>> >> > i
>> >> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
>> >> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
>> >> >
>> >> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication
>> >> > between
>> >> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
>> >> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
>> >> > rendering.
>> >> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
>> >> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
>> >> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
>> >> Container.rpcRegister.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
>> >> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
>> >> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
>> >> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth() to
>> >> auto resize the iframe.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to
>> >> > display
>> >> > to
>> >> > user for edit.
>> >> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does it
>> >> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
>> >> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
>> >> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
>> >> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
>> >> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
>> >> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy
>> >> > can
>> >> > help me that would be really great.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> > Raj
>> >
>> >
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>.
Hi Ryan,
Yes it is on the same machine
I am using the latest stable version of shindig. My mac is very fast for
other heavy stuff. I got high speed broadband too.
It is just shindig slow.
Dont know what is going wrong here other thing is why those param are not
getting applied particularly cache.
Any idea?
Thanks.
On Monday, July 28, 2014, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
> gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <raj.janorkar@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
> > It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
> container
> > code
> >
> > Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
> >
> > Below is the code
> >
> > var config = config || {};
> > config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
> > window.location.origin;
> > //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] = '/shindig/rpc';
> >
> > var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
> > CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
> >
> >
> > function below which build container
> >
> > buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
> > var result = result || {};
> > var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
> > var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
> > var params = {};
> >
> > var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
> >
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
> > params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
> > moduleID[3];
> > var viewParams = undefined;
> >
> > CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL, viewParams,
> > params);
> > return gadgetSite;
> > }
> >
> > Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
> >
> > - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to
> render
> > the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
> > i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and apache
> > Tomcat
> >
> > - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
> passing
> > nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this param.
> >
> > am i missing anything here.
> >
> > thank you very much in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Raj
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rbaxter85@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Raj,
> >>
> >> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
> >> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig called
> >> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
> >> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
> >> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
> >> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
> >> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
> >> container*.
> >>
> >> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
> >> [2]
> >>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <raj.janorkar@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi All,
> >> >
> >> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days,
> and
> >> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
> >> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container
> communication)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig
> for
> >> > gadget rendering.
> >> >
> >> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
> >> >
> >> > *
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >> >
> >> > <
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >*
> >> >
> >> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using
> iframe
> >> > i
> >> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
> >> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
> >> >
> >> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication
> between
> >> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
> >> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
> >> > rendering.
> >> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
> >> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
> >> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
> >> Container.rpcRegister.
> >> >
> >> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
> >> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
> >> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
> >> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth() to
> >> auto resize the iframe.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to
> display
> >> > to
> >> > user for edit.
> >> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does it
> >> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
> >> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
> >> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
> >> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
> >> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
> >> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy
> can
> >> > help me that would be really great.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you in advance.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Raj
> >
> >
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>.
Is Shindig running on the same machine that you are rendering the
gadgets? It shouldn't be slow at all, even without caching things.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
> It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first container
> code
>
> Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.
>
> Below is the code
>
> var config = config || {};
> config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
> //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
> window.location.origin;
> //config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] = '/shindig/rpc';
>
> var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
> CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
>
>
> function below which build container
>
> buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
> var result = result || {};
> var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
> var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
> var params = {};
>
> var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
>
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
> params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
> moduleID[3];
> var viewParams = undefined;
>
> CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL, viewParams,
> params);
> return gadgetSite;
> }
>
> Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers
>
> - just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to render
> the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
> i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and apache
> Tomcat
>
> - when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is passing
> nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this param.
>
> am i missing anything here.
>
> thank you very much in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Raj
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Raj,
>>
>> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
>> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig called
>> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
>> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
>> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
>> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
>> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
>> container*.
>>
>> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
>> [2]
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days, and
>> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
>> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container communication)
>> >
>> >
>> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig for
>> > gadget rendering.
>> >
>> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
>> >
>> > *http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
>> >
>> > <http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml>*
>> >
>> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using iframe
>> > i
>> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
>> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
>> >
>> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication between
>> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
>> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
>> > rendering.
>> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
>> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
>> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
>> Container.rpcRegister.
>> >
>> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
>> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
>> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
>> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth() to
>> auto resize the iframe.
>>
>> >
>> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to display
>> > to
>> > user for edit.
>> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does it
>> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
>> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
>> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
>> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
>> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
>> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy can
>> > help me that would be really great.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Raj
>
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>.
Thank you so much Ryan for providing details.
It is 1:23 midnight in Australia i was still playing with my first
container code
*Finally i created my first container it works perfectly fine.*
Below is the code
var config = config || {};
config[osapi.container.ContainerConfig.RENDER_DEBUG] = '1';
//config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_HOST] =
window.location.origin;
//config[osapi.container.ServiceConfig.API_PATH] = '/shindig/rpc';
var CommonContainer = new osapi.container.Container(config);
CommonContainer.EnablePreferences = true;
*function below which build container*
buildGadget: function(result, gadgetURL, gadgetID) {
var result = result || {};
var el = $('#' + gadgetID).get(0);
var moduleID = gadgetID.split("-");
var params = {};
var gadgetSite = CommonContainer.newGadgetSite(el);
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.WIDTH] = '100%';
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.HEIGHT] = '100%';
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.SCROLL] = false;
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.USER_PREFS] = false;
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.VIEW] = 'home';
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.NO_CACHE] = '0';
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.TEST_MODE] = '0';
params[osapi.container.RenderParam.MODULE_ID] = moduleID[2] +
moduleID[3];
var viewParams = undefined;
CommonContainer.navigateGadget(gadgetSite, gadgetURL, viewParams,
params);
return gadgetSite;
}
*Just few doubt i have and i could not able to find answers*
- just wondering why rendering is so slow - it take lot of time to render
the gadgets i tried few gadgets also tried labpixis to do gadget.
i use macbook pro, with latest OS, i5 process, apache PHP and apache
Tomcat
- when i am setting NO_CACHE to '0' in firfox debug i can see it is
passing nocache=1 to gadget/ifr, why my shindig is not considering this
param.
am i missing anything here.
thank you very much in advance.
Regards,
Raj
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Raj,
>
> You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
> way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig called
> the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
> container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
> spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
> addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
> [2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
> container*.
>
> [1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
> [2]
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days, and
> > finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
> > understand the fully the concept of gadget and container communication)
> >
> >
> > I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig for
> > gadget rendering.
> >
> > I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
> > *
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> > <
> http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> >*
> >
> > with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using iframe
> i
> > need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
> > shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
> >
> > 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication between
> > gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
> > website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
> > rendering.
> Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
> gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
> common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
> Container.rpcRegister.
> >
> > 2) how i can auto resize iframe
> There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
> dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
> APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth() to
> auto resize the iframe.
>
> >
> > 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to display
> to
> > user for edit.
> Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does it
> provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
> However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
> render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
> are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
> for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
> provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
>
> >
> >
> > It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy can
> > help me that would be really great.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Raj
>
Re: Setting gadget container
Posted by Ryan Baxter <rb...@gmail.com>.
Hi Raj,
You are right using a, container to render your gadgets is the best
way. We have a set of JavaScript APIs that are part of Shindig called
the common container which is meant to help you construct your own
container. The APIs are documented in the OpenSocial spec [1]. The
spec contains a number of code samples to help you get started. In
addition you may find it useful to look at the source code as well
[2]. The source code is contained within the folders that begin with
container*.
[1] http://opensocial.github.io/spec/2.5.1/Core-Container.xml
[2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/shindig/trunk/features/src/main/javascript/features/
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Raj Janorkar <ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to apache shindig and learning it since last 20 to 25 days, and
> finally i decided to implement it because it is great. (but don't
> understand the fully the concept of gadget and container communication)
>
>
> I am currently using PHP for my website development and JAVA shindig for
> gadget rendering.
>
> I am rendering gadget using iframe dynamically src to
> *http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml
> <http://localhost/shindig/gadgets/ifr?url=http://gadgets.example.com/complex/amazon/amazon.xml>*
>
> with other parameters it renders fine no issue. But as i am using iframe i
> need to *Auto Resize iframe, *but it is not happening. after reading
> shindig doc i came to know that i need to build container.
>
> 1) Can i build container in javascript ? and make communication between
> gadget and container? because i don't want to use TOMCAT for all my
> website. So use apache PHP for website and just use Tomcat for gadget
> rendering.
Yes the common container uses a feature called RPC which allows
gadgets and containers to communicate. There are APIs within the
common container which are meant to assist you with doing this. See
Container.rpcRegister.
>
> 2) how i can auto resize iframe
There is a gadget feature that is meant to help you do this called
dynamic-height and dynamic-width. They provide the gadget with the
APIs gadgets.window.adjustHeight() and gadgets.window.adjustWidth() to
auto resize the iframe.
>
> 3) how i can retrieve/submit user preferences from/to gadget to display to
> user for edit.
Shindig does not provide any UI to edit gadget preferences nor does it
provide a mechanism to persist gadget preferences, that is up to you.
However we do provide APIs you can use to get the gadget before you
render the gadget for the first time so you know what the preferences
are. The Container.preloadGadget method allows you to load metadata
for a gadget before rendering the gadget. Part of the metadata
provided to you are details about the gadget preferences.
>
>
> It looks like i may be asking very basic questions, but if any buddy can
> help me that would be really great.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Raj