April 20
Spaces API, Feeds, and Gadget updates are here!
As you might have seen on TechCrunch or LiveSide, Windows Live Spaces released a new version of our service early this morning. However, we didn’t just ship features this time around… We shipped a lot of new updates to our APIs, RSS Feeds, and Gadget support. Additionally, we will be spending some time at Mix07 this year talking about why developers should start partying on our platform.
We will be updating this site in the coming days to bring you API, Feed and Gadget documentation that will help you start building some cool mashups, or gadgets on Spaces. Until then, check out some of the feeds we added and the new features for gadget support. Of course, if you have questions or comments, visit our forums, drop us a line at spgadgfb@microsoft.com or leave me a message on my space.
Enjoy!
John
RSS Feed Updates – We added several feeds with this new release. Each public space that syndicates will offer these feeds. Just substitute your alias in the examples below and you are ready to go!
- Top Level Feed – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/feed.rss
- Minimal Feed – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/minimal/feed.rss
- Blog – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/blog/feed.rss (all blog categories contain sub feeds now)
- Photo Albums – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/photos/feed.rss (each album has a sub feed with photos)
- Profile – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/profile/feed.rss
- Friends – <youralias>.spaces.live.com/friends/feed.rss
- Updated Spaces - spaces.live.com/changes.aspx (provides XML feed of recently updated spaces)
Gadget Updates – We added the ability for gadgets to be configured with a initialization parameter when being added to a space. Now, a simple RSS gadget could take a different feed URL when it’s added to a space rather than ask a user to configure one manually!
New APIs – We added several new APIs to our offering with this release, and will be providing documentation in the coming days on MSDN that speaks to how best to leverage them.
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