Overview
Summary	Common APIs for building social applications
Category	Community
Tags	social opensocial
Date Added	2007-11-04
Description	Note: This is an API standard used by many API providers, not just Google. For all compatible APIs listed on ProgrammableWeb, use the opensocial tag. OpenSocial provides a common set of APIs for social applications across multiple websites. With standard JavaScript and HTML, developers can create apps that access a social networks friends and update feeds. There are two ways to access the OpenSocial API: client-side using the JavaScript API and server-side using RESTful data APIs.
API Home Page	http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/
Latest API News	Google Friend Connect: Make Any Site Social Google, Yahoo, MySpace Form OpenSocial Foundation Latest OpenSocial News from GSP West Google, Facebook Join DataPortability.org OpenSocial Shindig Released Geo OpenSocial
Most Popular OpenSocial Mashups
Learnit Lists
OpenSocial Developers - View them all »
Protocol
Protocols	JavaScript, REST, Atom, GData
Data Formats	XML
Service Endpoint	Varies by provider
Functionality
API Groups	People and Friends, Activities, Persistence
Example API Methods	Person.getDisplayName
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	Varies by provider
SSL Support
Read-only Without Login
Support
Vendor API Kits
Community API Kits
API Blog	Official OpenSocial API Blog
Site Blog
API Forum	OpenSocial API Google Group
Developer Support	Dev Articles, FAQ
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	Varies by provider
Developer Key Required
Account with Service Required
Commercial Licensing	API is Apache 2.0 and Creative Commons licensed
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees
Usage Limits
Terms of Service	Google OpenSocial Terms of Service

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