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So now that Joost is embedded it’s time to exercise the API a bit more :)

So using the favorites call, it’s easy to get my favorites list and embed a random one of them in a page: See the result here.

You can directly copy’n’paste the code directly and change the user quite easily if you do not like my favorites :)

Updated 19/11: I added some comments and made the source a bit more readable.

With the Flash 9 update to the PlayStation 3 and Joost Embed, it’s perfectly possible to view Joost on the PlayStation 3:

Lots of kinks to to iron out before it’s a totally smooth experience, but we’ll get there I’m sure :)

Yay! A feature I’ve been waiting for, for a long time, is now live: Joost embedded!

Here’s my normal test video:

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You can find the embed code by clicking the embed button on any joost link page, i.e. like http://joost.com/13600fs for the above. (or look at the source here :)

It’s version 1, so there are still some rough edges. Like that we really insist on having the above size. Bear with us. Expect things to improve shortly, and constantly :)

(do note that this is my personal blog … this is not “official Joost speak”)

I thought I should have a look at YUI and see how easy it would be to hook up to the Joost APIs. It was not that hard :)

I’ve hooked up the json favorites call in a DataSource and then connected it to a DataTable, and voila:

A simple (and ugly :) ) page showing my, and some of my colleagues’, favorites.

See the example here

It’s not just cut’n’paste though to replicate, as I’m proxying the API calls because of cross-domain… will try to find time to show one can get around that.

WARNING: The above builds on alpha APIs so we might just go around and change them all next week… Well, we’re probably not, just saying that we might change some things, so do not flame me when it suddenly breaks down :)

I thought I should have a look at YUI and see how easy it would be to hook up to the Joost APIs. It was not that hard :)

I’ve hooked up the json favorites call in a DataSource and then connected it to a DataTable, and voila:

A simple (and ugly :) ) page showing my favorites, and some of my colleagues.

See the example here

It’s not just cut’n’paste

WARNING: The above builds on alpha APIs so we might just go around and change them all next week… Well, we’re probably not, just saying that we might change some things, so do not flame me when it suddenly breaks down :)

Aha, with a clue from Toni_H I added an “elsewhere” page with my activity stream.

Just created an index template with this content, and linked it to a file.

<MTSetVar name="body_class" value="mt-main-index">
<MTSetVar name="main_template" value="1">
<MTSetVar name="main_index" value="1">
<MTSetVar name="sidebar" value="1">
<MTSetVarBlock name="title"><$MTBlogName encode_html="1"$></MTSetVarBlock>

<$MTInclude module="Header"$>
<mt:setvarblock name="today_date"><mt:Date format="%B %e">
</mt:setvarblock>

<div class="action-stream hfeed">
    <mt:ActionStreams days="5">
        <mt:DateHeader>
            <h2 class="action-stream-header asset-name">
                <mt:setvarblock name="this_date"><mt:StreamActionDate format="%B%e">
                </mt:setvarblock>
                <mt:if name="$today_date" eq="$this_date">
                    Today
                <mt:else>
                    <mt:var name="this_date">
                </mt:if>
            </h2>
            <ul class="action-stream-list">
        </mt:DateHeader>

        <li class="hentry service-icon service-<mt:var name="service_type">">
            <span class="entry-content"><mt:StreamAction smarty_pants="1"></span>
            <span class="published"><mt:StreamActionDate utc="1"
                  format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"></span>
        </li>

        <mt:DateFooter>
            </ul>
        </mt:DateFooter>
    </mt:ActionStreams>
</div>
<$MTInclude module="Footer"$>

Joost has grown up, and we are thus opening up to the world :) So the first “Joost Developer Days” are coming up:

• London (Covent Garden) – 1pm – 6pm – Friday 16th November
• Amsterdam (Central location) – 1pm - 6pm - Saturday 1st December
• New York (Broad Street) - 12pm – 5pm - Friday 7th December

It’s a chance to learn how we do widgets in Joost, and how you can do them yourself. More information on our Joost Development Group.

Today we removed the the ‘only by invitation’ limit on Joost, so now you can all go to our website and download Joost in a brand new and improved version! And speaking of the website, that has also gotten revamped. So happy watching (and clicking :) ).