ActivitiesService with TODOs

[Brandon Peters <br...@gmail.com>]

Hello,
I'm working on implementing an ActivitiesService for my SNS and I've
come across this line:

 // TODO: Validate the activity and do any template expanding

Any suggestions on how to validate an activity, or do template
expanding. I'm especially interested in template expanding because I
have a gadget I've written that is using it. I've looked around the
Shindig PHP and noticed several references to Substitutions and such,
but wasn't sure how to access any of that from the ActivitiesService
class. Thanks,
Brandon

-- 
Brandon Peters

Re: ActivitiesService with TODOs

[Cassie <do...@apache.org>]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Brandon Peters
<br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cassie,
> Thank you for the reply. Just a few more questions:
>
> 1) When you mention 'asking the gadget server' how would I go about
> doing this from the ActivitesService?

You'll need one of the php guys to answer this.

>
> 2) When you mention evaluating an activity on the way out, do you mean
> when I display the activity on my SNS?

yes. or, when you respond to a fetch activities call.

>
> Thanks a lot,
> Brandon
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Cassie <do...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Validating the activity would be specific to your SNS. Do you allow
>> activities to be created for just the currently logged in user? Or can a
>> user create an activity for their friends? Do you have a length limit on the
>> title size? etc etc. That's all up to you.
>>
>> As for template expanding - I'm not sure if anyone has this yet. The idea
>> here would prob be to ask the gadgets server for the message bundle
>> corresponding to the titleId and then you would have to expand that template
>> using the activity's templateParams field. You could also evaluate on the
>> way out instead of on the way in so that you can present summaries of
>> activities.
>>
>> I don't think we will have more info than that until someone actually does
>> it...
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> - Cassie
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Brandon Peters <br...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I'm working on implementing an ActivitiesService for my SNS and I've
>>> come across this line:
>>>
>>>  // TODO: Validate the activity and do any template expanding
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to validate an activity, or do template
>>> expanding. I'm especially interested in template expanding because I
>>> have a gadget I've written that is using it. I've looked around the
>>> Shindig PHP and noticed several references to Substitutions and such,
>>> but wasn't sure how to access any of that from the ActivitiesService
>>> class. Thanks,
>>> Brandon
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brandon Peters
>>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Brandon Peters
>

Re: ActivitiesService with TODOs

[Brandon Peters <br...@gmail.com>]

Cassie,
Thank you for the reply. Just a few more questions:

1) When you mention 'asking the gadget server' how would I go about
doing this from the ActivitesService?

2) When you mention evaluating an activity on the way out, do you mean
when I display the activity on my SNS?

Thanks a lot,
Brandon

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Cassie <do...@apache.org> wrote:
> Validating the activity would be specific to your SNS. Do you allow
> activities to be created for just the currently logged in user? Or can a
> user create an activity for their friends? Do you have a length limit on the
> title size? etc etc. That's all up to you.
>
> As for template expanding - I'm not sure if anyone has this yet. The idea
> here would prob be to ask the gadgets server for the message bundle
> corresponding to the titleId and then you would have to expand that template
> using the activity's templateParams field. You could also evaluate on the
> way out instead of on the way in so that you can present summaries of
> activities.
>
> I don't think we will have more info than that until someone actually does
> it...
> Hope that helps.
>
> - Cassie
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Brandon Peters <br...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I'm working on implementing an ActivitiesService for my SNS and I've
>> come across this line:
>>
>>  // TODO: Validate the activity and do any template expanding
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to validate an activity, or do template
>> expanding. I'm especially interested in template expanding because I
>> have a gadget I've written that is using it. I've looked around the
>> Shindig PHP and noticed several references to Substitutions and such,
>> but wasn't sure how to access any of that from the ActivitiesService
>> class. Thanks,
>> Brandon
>>
>> --
>> Brandon Peters
>>
>



-- 
Brandon Peters

Re: ActivitiesService with TODOs

[Cassie <do...@apache.org>]

Validating the activity would be specific to your SNS. Do you allow
activities to be created for just the currently logged in user? Or can a
user create an activity for their friends? Do you have a length limit on the
title size? etc etc. That's all up to you.

As for template expanding - I'm not sure if anyone has this yet. The idea
here would prob be to ask the gadgets server for the message bundle
corresponding to the titleId and then you would have to expand that template
using the activity's templateParams field. You could also evaluate on the
way out instead of on the way in so that you can present summaries of
activities.

I don't think we will have more info than that until someone actually does
it...
Hope that helps.

- Cassie


On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Brandon Peters <br...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm working on implementing an ActivitiesService for my SNS and I've
> come across this line:
>
>  // TODO: Validate the activity and do any template expanding
>
> Any suggestions on how to validate an activity, or do template
> expanding. I'm especially interested in template expanding because I
> have a gadget I've written that is using it. I've looked around the
> Shindig PHP and noticed several references to Substitutions and such,
> but wasn't sure how to access any of that from the ActivitiesService
> class. Thanks,
> Brandon
>
> --
> Brandon Peters
>