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Creating Connections

Have looked through the docs, but I'm unable to find any info on how to create new Connections between users. Did I miss this somewhere, or is this not possible with the current APIs?

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  • The Connections API is read only, so you can get a Yahoo! user's connections if authorized by the Yahoo! user, but you cannot create connections programmatically for the user. Only Yahoo! users can create connections, and they can only do that from their Yahoo! Profile page.

    QUOTE (jaydee @ Oct 29 2008, 05:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Have looked through the docs, but I'm unable to find any info on how to create new Connections between users. Did I miss this somewhere, or is this not possible with the current APIs?
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  • I see. This detail might be important to point out as having gone through most of the Y!OS/YAP Docs didn't reveal any info that these APIs are meant to leverage on the connections that profiles.yahoo.com will create.

    QUOTE (blisterHead @ Oct 30 2008, 09:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    The Connections API is read only, so you can get a Yahoo! user's connections if authorized by the Yahoo! user, but you cannot create connections programmatically for the user. Only Yahoo! users can create connections, and they can only do that from their Yahoo! Profile page.
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  • Just tried creating connections via profiles.yahoo.com and all the persons I invited were able to see the invitation but clicking on the link takes them to the contacts tab with nothing to get them to accept the connection invite.
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  • Hi Jaydee,

    I will add content explaining that connections can only be created by Yahoo! users to the Social Directory API section of the Yahoo! Social Platform (YSP) REST API Guide.

    Thanks for your feedback!

    QUOTE (jaydee @ Oct 30 2008, 06:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I see. This detail might be important to point out as having gone through most of the Y!OS/YAP Docs didn't reveal any info that these APIs are meant to leverage on the connections that profiles.yahoo.com will create.
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  • Hi Jaydee,

    As long as the people you invited have Yahoo! accounts, they should be able to accept your invitation from their profile page. If they choose not to accept your invitation, you would just become one of their contacts.

    I have invited connections from my profile page and accepted connections from links in email invites and from my profile page, but I haven't come across the issue that you mention.

    I will investigate the matter, but please try sending another connection invite to one of your friends. Be sure to tell them to accept and let me know if the problem persists.

    Thanks again.




    QUOTE (jaydee @ Oct 30 2008, 06:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Just tried creating connections via profiles.yahoo.com and all the persons I invited were able to see the invitation but clicking on the link takes them to the contacts tab with nothing to get them to accept the connection invite.
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  • Thanks! After trying again, my friends and I were finally able to accept the connection invitations. We couldn't repeat the problem, but it did require us several reloads of the Contacts tab from profiles. Now we can start playing with the API :)Thanks again.
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  • Great to hear, Jaydee. The Yahoo! profile is very new, so I was concerned that there was a bug. You might want to try using the PHP SDK and YQL with the APIs; the PHP SDK will make the OAuth authorization a lot simpler, and YQL makes getting data easier.

    Some useful links:

    http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/docs/
    http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console

    http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/
    http://developer.yahoo.com/social/php_guide/

    Please feel free to make suggestions or give feedback in the future as well.

    Thank again.

    QUOTE (jaydee @ Oct 31 2008, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Thanks! After trying again, my friends and I were finally able to accept the connection invitations. We couldn't repeat the problem, but it did require us several reloads of the Contacts tab from profiles. Now we can start playing with the API :) Thanks!
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