Duplicate of RPX module?

The Janrain module in development plans to serve as an API, currently integrating the service with a 'Share (node) content with Facebook' link. The RPX module currently only provides a single login using its services. I do not see any overlap between the two, other than the fact that they use the same external API. I also do not see anything in the RPX module's road map of planned development to offer any other services.

Obviously, there may be plans I'm not aware of, so I'm moving this to their issue queue for further clarification. I'm also happy to join forces so that we're not each reinventing the wheel.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hey Aaron,

It would be great for you to connect with the folks at Janrain. Although they initially weren't as involved in the development of their Drupal module, they have recently made it a company priority. They are currently working on improving all aspects of the module (including the social publishing side that it appears you're also very interested in).

Given your many contributions to the Drupal community (I love your work on the Media module), I'm sure they would welcome your expertise, coding skills, and input into the overall direction of the module. They have told me on several occasions that they want to reach out to some experienced Drupal developers and community members. You might be perfect for this.

I should also mention that as co-organizer of the Portland Drupal User Group (Janrain is also based in Portland, Oregon), I've been playing the role of introducing the Janrain team to the Drupal community. This has included introducing them to Dries and the Acquia team. Because Acquia is very interested in the module, they have offered to provide some code reviews and best practices advice. In fact, we just had a Janrain-Acquia conference call last week.

Along with porting the existing module to Drupal 7 and adding a bunch of new features, the Janrain team plans to revamp the user interface (both for login and social publishing) and make the code much more modular (with one core module and additional sub-modules). They plan on supporting the module in-house on an ongoing basis and using the module as "showcase code" that demonstrates best practices for integrating with their service. They have two in-house developers currently working on the new and improved Drupal module. Once the Drupal 7 module is released, they plan on backporting new features to Drupal 6.

So what do you think? I'm going to send a note to the Janrain team and point them to this thread. I can also introduce you to them via e-mail if you would like.

Cheers,
Ben Kaplan

Hi Aaron,

I'm working on the Engage (RPX) set of modules for Drupal 7.x on
Janrain's side. I'm new to Drupal, so the last couple of weeks I've
been getting up to speed on Drupal module development. I think I now
have enough knowledge to do this, at least with some help from the
great community here on drupal.org.

Here is the issue thread for the project, which has a PDF with initial
design and our plans.

http://drupal.org/node/914972

I'm looking forward to joining forces, be it in direct involvement or
simple code review and/or mentoring from your side.

I'm sure Brian McGinnis (our team lead) will also chime in the
discussion.

Cheers,
George

Watching this thread with interest to see how we can eliminate the need to have to choose between these 2 modules / approaches.

7.x-1.x-dev version of the RPX module already integrates with Engage social sharing. There are plans to backport the feature to the D6 version of the module.

It integrates with Engage social sharing for suggesting that content be shared, but can it be set to automatically take a certain content?

Hi mincn,

If I understand your question correctly, the following issue thread might be of interest to you:

http://drupal.org/node/1021748

Cheers,
George

Thanks George-- not quite, what i'm looking for is the ability to post a content type -- say, "status" -- and be able to checkmark options to send that content to Facebook and Twitter (independently). http://drupal.org/project/janrain seemed to do that but development has been discontinued there in favor of this module.

Thanks!

The 7.x-1.x versions of the RPX module support sharing content. You can see a demo on http://plugins.janrain.com/drupal7.

There are plans to backport to D6.

Ah, ok, thanks-- it's a race between whether it is backported first or i update my site first!