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Host BroweserPlus service on LAN/private network?

Hello,
Is it possible to host a browserplus service without actually pushing it live? I know that you can test your newly written service on your local machine by using the ServiceInstaller tool, but how would you go about simulating the experience of a live service without actually pushing it to live? When I mean simulate, I mean the entire process of
1) User visits webpage
2) User is asked whether he wants to install newly developed BrowserPlus service
3) User installs it and the service runs

I hope the question makes sense. And just to reiterate, I would like to do this without pushing it on a public server.

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  • It is possible, but we haven't fully documented the WS-API or how to go about it. The start of the documentation is here: http://browserplus.org/docs/platform/WSAPI.html. In the BrowserPlus.config file on each user's machine, you'd have to change "DistServer" or "SecondaryDistServers" to point to your server as well (or roll your own executable). The WS-API also serves permission bundles, so I believe you'd have to sign the services as well.

    Steve
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  • QUOTE (steven_spencer @ Nov 10 2010, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    It is possible, but we haven't fully documented the WS-API or how to go about it. The start of the documentation is here: http://browserplus.org/docs/platform/WSAPI.html. In the BrowserPlus.config file on each user's machine, you'd have to change "DistServer" or "SecondaryDistServers" to point to your server as well (or roll your own executable). The WS-API also serves permission bundles, so I believe you'd have to sign the services as well.

    Steve


    Thanks for the pointer. Will take a look
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  • Could you give more details about this BrowserPlus.config file? What it generally contains, where it is located etc?
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  • QUOTE (Rohit Nair @ Nov 10 2010, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Could you give more details about this BrowserPlus.config file? What it generally contains, where it is located etc?


    Never mind. Found it. It's at ~/Library/Application Support/Yahoo!/BrowserPlus/<version_number>/ for those looking for the same info.
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