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Yahoo! Social SDK - PHP

Find documentation and support on Yahoo! Developer Network: http://developer.yahoo.com

• Yahoo! Application Platform - http://developer.yahoo.com/yap/
• Yahoo! Social APIs - http://developer.yahoo.com/social/
• Yahoo! Query Language - http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/

Hosted on GitHub: http://github.com/yahoo/yos-social-php/tree/master

License

@copyright: Copyrights for code authored by Yahoo! Inc. is licensed under the following terms: @license: BSD Open Source License

Yahoo! Social SDK Software License Agreement (BSD License) Copyright (c) 2009, Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use of this software in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

• Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

• Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

• Neither the name of Yahoo! Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission of Yahoo! Inc.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

The Yahoo! Social PHP SDK code is subject to the BSD license, see the LICENSE file.

Requirements

The following dependencies are bundled with the Yahoo! PHP SDK, but are under terms of a separate license. See the bundled LICENSE files for more information:

• OAuth - http://code.google.com/p/oauth
• JSON - http://pear.php.net/Services_JSON

Install

After downloading and unpackaging the release, copy the contents of yosdk/lib to a directory that is accessible via the PHP require_once method. In your PHP scripts, require the Yahoo.inc file:

require_once("Yahoo.inc");

Debugging with the YOS SDK

The YOS SDK provides some methods that make debugging easier. Also, since the YOS SDK was designed for the greatest compatibility across PHP version, it is advised to suppress notices if using PHP 5.x:

// debug settings
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_NOTICE); # do not show notices as library is php4 compatable
ini_set('display_errors', true);

YahooLogger::setDebug(true);
YahooLogger::setDebugDestination('LOG');

By default, OAuth credentials (request + access tokens) are stored in PHP sessions. PHP sessions can easily be configured to work from a local filesystem, a database, or a memcache instance. The sample apps provide working examples of filesystem storage and memcache storage.

Filesystem Session Storage (default)

// use local filesystem to store oauth credentials via php native sessions
ini_set('session.save_handler', 'files');
session_save_path('/tmp/');
session_start();

Memcache Session Storage

// use memcache to store oauth credentials via php native sessions
ini_set('session.save_handler', 'memcache');
session_save_path('tcp://localhost:11211?persistent=1&weight=1&timeout=1&retry_interval=15');
session_start();

Cookie Based Session Storage (original)

The original default storage backend was based on storing access tokens in a plain text cookie. This is bad for security, and the default has since been changed (breaks backwards compatibility). In order to use the original session store, you must instantiate 'CookieSessionStore' and pass into all methods of YahooSession:

$sessionStore = new CookieSessionStore();

YahooSession::hasSession($consumerKey, $consumerSecret, $applicationId, $sessionStore, $verifier)
YahooSession::requireSession($consumerKey, $consumerSecret, $applicationId, $callback, $sessionStore, $verifier)
YahooSession::initSession($consumerKey, $consumerSecret, $applicationId, $redirect, $callback, $sessionStore, $verifier)

YahooSession::createAuthorizationUrl($consumerKey, $consumerSecret, $callback, $sessionStore)
YahooSession::redirectForAuthorization($consumerKey, $consumerSecret, $callback, $sessionStore)
YahooSession::clearSession($sessionStore)
YahooSession::checkSession($sessionType, $sessionStore)

Examples

In the yosdk/sample directory you'll find sampleapp.php, a sample application that will get you started. Put the file in your hosting directory and fill in the consumer key, consumer key secret and application ID. When you're done, point your browser at the URL. You will be directed to verify access to the application and then you will be redirected back to your application.

In the yosdk/sample directory you'll find delicious.php, a sample yahoo open application that shows how to use YQL to make web service request.

Make sure to update the OAuth credentials in each bundled example:

define('OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY', '###');
define('OAUTH_CONSUMER_SECRET', '###');
define('OAUTH_DOMAIN', '###');
define('OAUTH_APP_ID', '###');

Fetching YQL:

$session = YahooSession::requireSession(OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY, OAUTH_CONSUMER_SECRET, OAUTH_APP_ID);
$user = $session->getSessionedUser();

var_dump($session->query('select * from social.connections where owner_guid=me'));

Fetching Social Data:

$session = YahooSession::requireSession(OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY, OAUTH_CONSUMER_SECRET, OAUTH_APP_ID);
$user = $session->getSessionedUser();

var_dump($user->getProfile());
var_dump($user->getContacts());

Setting YAP Small View:

$session = YahooSession::requireSession(OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY, OAUTH_CONSUMER_SECRET, OAUTH_APP_ID);
$user = $session->getSessionedUser();

$content = '<h1><yml:name> customized small view</h1>';
var_dump($user->setSmallView($content));

Adding a Contact:

$contact_fields = array();
$contact_fields[] = array('type' => 'email', 'value' => '[email protected]');
$contact_fields[] = array('type' => 'name', 'value' => array('givenName'=> 'John', 'familyName' => 'Doe'));
$contact = array('fields' => $contact_fields);

var_dump($user->addContact($contact));

Tests

The Yahoo! PHP SDK comes with a test suite to validate functionality. The tests also show functional examples and results. To run the test suite, simply execute the test suite:

php phpunit test/OAuthTest.php