3 messages in com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developerRe: Use of the Facebook javascript cl...
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pedgett11 Feb 2008 16:34 
Benjamin [API Guru]11 Feb 2008 16:50 
pedgett11 Feb 2008 16:53 
Subject:Re: Use of the Facebook javascript client library within a widget
From:Benjamin [API Guru] (code@gmail.com)
Date:02/11/2008 04:50:52 PM
List:com.googlegroups.google-desktop-developer

You cannot use the Facebook JS file in Google Desktop gadgets because it requires an HTML document to work with. There is currently no way to embed an HTML document into Google Desktop gadgets. If you want to work with Facebook you must use the Facebook REST API (http:// wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/API) with the XMLHttpRequest object. You might be able to create a custom JS file based on the provided JS file which will work with Google Desktop gadgets. There are also some Facebook gadgets already available. Maybe you can contact the authors to gain some knowledge about interacting with Facebook.

Best regards, Benjamin

On Feb 12, 1:34 am, pedgett <pedg@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey guys. I've been messing around with a project and I'm trying to get the Facebook javascript client library (http:// wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/JavaScript_Client_Library) to work in the widget. The problem I'm running into is including the library in the widget. What I've tried is including it in the gadget's main.xml the full address (http://static.ak.facebook.com/js/ api_lib/FacebookApi.debug.js) as well as saving it and including it locally. The example usage provided by facebook involves including it all within an html document which works fine and dandy, except I don't know how to incorporate it (if I even can) into a gadget.

Thanks