OpenInviter and Inviter not compatible for social networking sites
robbt - August 2, 2009 - 07:17
| Project: | Drupal Contact List Importer |
| Version: | 6.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
I tried dcl_importer out and was able to succesfully query social networking sites for my contacts using dcl_importer and invite but it wasn't able to send an actual invite as when I check the contacts I want to send an invite to it merely transfers their respective user id to the invite form vs. providing an actual e-mail or way to interface with the actual social networking site. I'm not sure how this would work anyways but I wanted to see what the module developers thought of this. I see how this would work with gmail or other e-mail clients but if it is going to include myspace and facebook then it should have some way of working with them.
#1
Yeah, I agree that this is an issue. The facebook uid, for example, is virtually useless on it's own. The problem is that this is a limitation with the OpenInviter library itself which dcl_importer makes use of. I'm currently working on decoupling that from the dcl_importer so that any import library can be used. At which point you'll likely still need to build an importer for each social network as they all use completely different API's.
#2
Apparently the only social networking site that works is Linkedin.
Hadsie, can you help me a little bit with how to build an importer? And where i can get the api's of Twitter, Facebook and Myspace for building the different importers?
Thanks in advance! :)
#3
sure, i'll be releasing a new branch that has some major changes in it in the next few days, so you should probably wait until that's done before going ahead with dev work.
I actually think that in a more recent version of the facebook library in openinviter it may be able to probably message people via fb messages. For twitter's api you can check here: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/. Pretty much just googleing for any of the api's will turn up useful links.
Twitter is a bit tricky though, because i don't know if anyone can see email addresses.
Contact me next week and I should have some time. hadsie@gmail.com
#4
Thanks man! I really appreciate it! I'll wait for the new branch and try to make it work from there.
Federico.
#5
The new branch is up now... there's also instructions in the REAME.txt for building an importer. But it's probably no too intuitive so please message me if you've got q's. I plan on building one that uses FB connect at some point, just so you know. I have no plans for a twitter or myspace importer since I have no need for those personally (yet).
#6
Hi, I was wondering if anyone's tried using the current openinviter feature of using fb messages? I installed the module, set up a fake fb account to test and friended my real account (I didn't want test messages to go to all my real contacts from my real account). I was able to log in through Contact List Importer but nothing seemed to happen when I submitted the message. If this actually works it would be a great in between step until full fb compatibility is achieved. Awesome module btw!
#7
I've only tested it, but not actually implemented anything. I think it should def. be possible though with a bit of work.
#8
Hi, is there any solution or workarounds for this issue as yet?
When I attempt to get contacts from Facebook through my site, I get a message saying I have a wrong username or password (but I dont).
When I do it using the DEMO facility on the openinviter site, it works fine and gets my contacts.
any update would be great,
thanks
#9
did not install the module yet but subscribing anyhow =)