The developers over at FriendFeed have produced a really nice API which we quickly looked at to see how we could integrate with them. We have a very easy to use ‘one-click-share’ system in fav.or.it which already allowed you to share out to del.icio.us or twitter. The first thing the FriendFeed API has allowed us to do is to add to this list so you can now click and share straight to FriendFeed.
The screenshot above shows how simple it is to share from fav.or.it.
Further Development
FriendFeed has also been added to our list of authenticated ‘identities’ (along with blogger.com, wordpress.com, livejournal.com, sezwho.com, disqus.com, and lots more!) which allows us to centralise comments between all these services.
We will continue to look at what other possibilities the API holds for our users. This may include aggregating comments out of FriendFeed and re-posting them back to the original blog (if the comment was against a blog url).
The FriendFeed support is currently only on the development server and will be pushed up live in the next couple of days for everyone to try.
If you want to follow my FriendFeed stream it is here
A great idea, I think is cool for fav.or.it. Feeds for my social digital life, xD
Regards,
PD: invitation available for me?
How did you find integrating with their API to be? Was the authentication portion pretty simple? Any stumbling blocks with it since it so brand spanking new?
Caleb,
Authentication is standard HTTP – so in PHP it is a doddle with CURL support – I started with the supplied PHP class – but have re-written a large chunk as the supplied JSON parsing was using a separate class – but we use the Zend Framework which includes JSON support.
But overall the API is very clean – well thought out, and they have done a good job of standardizing output.
Cool. But, these blog posts are killing me. I just want to get in on the beta so I can try it out, too!
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