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Using the OpenSocial API in a UWA widget Initially developped by Google, OpenSocial is “a common API for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social network's friends and update feeds.” Netvibes UWA implements the OpenSocial API natively, so that UWA developers can make their widget social easily. This short documentation is dedicated to the specifis of making OpenSocial work within UWA. A complete guide to OpenSocial API is available from the official OpenSocial website.

What makes a valid UWA widget? In order for your widget to work properly within the UWA environment, it has to follow the following rules. It MUST be well-formed XML It MUST be UTF-8 encoded It MUST feature the Netvibes namespace It MUST place the JavaScript and CSS code in the HEAD section of the HTML file It SHOULD use JavaScript/Ajax to send/receive data It SHOULD work within an IFRAME It SHOULD make use of a legal or personnal Web service/API It SHOULD be a static file - no server side scripting Additionnaly, if you intend to test your widget locally, it SHOULD make use of the following JavaScript and CSS emulation files: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.netvibes.com/themes/uwa/style.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.netvibes.com/js/UWA/load.js.php?env=Standalone"></script>

Aujourd’hui avec la mode des widgets, le nombre de solution pour les développer est impressionnant : UWA Netvibes Google Widgets Yahoo! Widgets Dashboard YourMinis, …

si le widget doit toucher un public plus large et qu’il doit être multi-plateformes, il faudra surement opter pour la solution AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) ou UWA de Netvibes

Netvibes et son UWA (Universal Widget API) Une norme lancée par Netvibes qui est déjà reconnue sur iGoogle, Vista et Apple Dashboard. Le but de cette tentative de normalisation des widgets est «write once, run everywhere» (Développer une seule fois pour le faire fonctionner partout). A mon sens, c’est aujourd’hui la meilleure façon d’avoir une certitude du fonctionnement du widget sur un maximum de plateformes différentes.

Usage Add new widgets from the “UWA Widgets” section of the Wordpress “Settings”. They should be immediately available in the Dashboard after.

Universal Widget API (UWA) is a widget framework developed by Netvibes, mainly to integrate widgets to their platform, but compatible with other platforms such as iGoogle, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, etc. And now Drupal !