The client for an application to communicate with the API container is language agnostic. We currently support using the native facebook clients with some modifications for pointing to a Ringside Social Application Server. As described in the Application Architecture this client is used to make calls about the current user, application (and soon calling network).
We have tested so far the existing Facebook Client in
- Ruby
- Java
- PHP
- (.NET scheduled post our early beta release)
Our extended client is currently PHP based and provides a more comprehensive wrapper around the facebook client. Including support for multiple Rinsgisde locations and automatic redirection back to calling social network.
The current flow of the client starts with
- Inspect the current http request
- Validate that the request includes a social context
- That the caller really knows how to communicate with me (validate signature)
- Setup URL information back to calling API container.
- Client is now ready for API calls.
More information on the PHP Ringside API Client.
