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Released 08.20.08

  •  Person Changes
    • Changed Names 
      • Top-level fields for all name parts, and "name" is primary name (replaces displayName) 

    i.e        

    show name,familyName,GivinName if permission is set otherwise show only

    name   with displayName value

     

    e.g "name": "Joseph Smarr"
    "familyName": "Smarr",

    "givenName": "Joseph",
     

 
  • Added URLs and Photos 

    profileUrl MUST also show up as a repeated urls field 

    New repeated photos field, thumbnailUrl MUST also show up as photos field

     

    • Changed gender to a string value (from an enum value),

     

    "gender": "male",

     

    • Changed Emails field

    e.g

    "email": [

    {

    "value": "joseph-04@plaxo.com",

    "primary": "true",

    },

     

    • Changed Origination structure

    To include type

    e.g

    "organization": [

    {

    "name": "Burns Worldwide",

    "title": "Head Bee Guy",

    "type": "job",

     

    }

    ],

    •  Changed enum back to value Key pair represntation

     

     

    e.g

    "drinker": { "value": "yes", "key": "yes" },

     

    • Standardize that all responses SHALL have the same structure, namely: a set of response meta-data fields and a collection of entries

     

    e.g

    {"totalResults":1,"startIndex":1,"itemsPerPage":1,"sorted":false,"filtered":false "entry":[{"id":"myspace.com:26000010","nickname":"shaka","profileUrl":"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/shakasarah ","thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/a229.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images01\/118\/s_3dcfafe8145a40fc46edacfebe7eaa94.jpg"}]}

     


     

     

     Person Collection Changes

    • Included four basic profile fields

    id,nickName,profileUrl,thumbnailUrl

     

    • Included new query parameters sortBysortOrder={order} , with values ascending or asc (default) and descending or desc

     

    Sorting on id and nickName

     

    • Included new query parameter  filterBy( top|online|app)
    • Included new query parameter  startsWith

    e.g

    filterBy  = nickName&startsWith = ‘J’ (it will filters list with all dispayName starts with ‘j’ or ‘j’)

    • Included new query parameter  updatedSince to get those friends whose profiles and updated since given date

     

Upcoming Changes

  • Support for Open Social .8 coming soon!
  • We’ve reorganized the Edit Details page of apps on the Developer site…yes, yet again.  The various fields should be grouped in a way that makes sense and helpful text is included describing each field.  Additional fields have been added in support of our Data Availability initiative.
  • Minor changes to app install dialogue text in order to more accurately describe functionality
  • Developers using their apps for external sites but not as internal installable apps can set their app as an external app only and publish without defining markup surfaces 

Released 07.17.08

  • All applications listed in the user homepage applications module (on the left of the page) now link directly to the application canvas page.

Released 07.08.08

  • An issue related to the application data cache been identified and addressed as of 07/08/2008.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused in accessing MDP related data.  Thank you to the developers who brought this to our attention and MySpace encourages all developers to notify MySpace of any concerns or issues noted on the site

Released 06.26.08

Released 06.19.08


Released 06.12.08

  • New Feature: The Friends List API requests will be limited to a page size of 100.

Released 06.06.08

  • New Feature Developers can now run their Flash apps inside our jail domain with script access, giving them access to the OpenSocial Container, including the requestSendMessage functionality.
  • New Feature There is no longer a link to the App Profile from the Canvas page. If an app wants a link, they must provide one in the markup of their canvas surface.

Released 05.29.08

  • The http://api.myspace.com/authorize page now validates the oauth_callback parameter against the external app domain defined for the app.
  • Default language now has only drop down only for languages that have descriptions defined
  • The App Gallery will display the recently popular list by default.
  • App details has been broken down into two tabs: culture specific and "other" details
  • oAuth: Implement Token Secret

Released 05.22.08

  • For external app auth, the response to http://api.myspace.com/request_token and http://api.myspace.com/access_token are no longer wrapped in XML elements and send the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret values as plaintext per the OAuth spec.  The oauth_token_secret value is an empty string for now, but it will soon contain a value and must be used in the construction of the key used in creating the HMAC-SHA1 signature. 
  • V1/request_token and v1/access_token are no longer available as end points. Instead, use /request_token and /access_token directly.
  • Developers can now publish hidden apps.
  • New Terms of Use published.
  • New App Guidelines published.

Released 05.15.08

  • AdjustHeight works on Safari
  • Member app management for external apps will be moved to a separate page for the member and the length of time the token is valid will be displayed.
  • Flash apps are now saving properly and are updated with publication of new app code.