diff --git a/statusnet/README b/statusnet/README deleted file mode 100755 index df0412d0e..000000000 --- a/statusnet/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -____ StatusNet Plugin ____ -by Tobias Diekershoff - http://diekershoff.homeunix.net/friendika/profile/tobias - tobias.diekershoff(at)gmx.net - -!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -!! This addon is currently under development. If you have any problem !! -!! with it, please contact the Author. !! -!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - -With this addon to Friendica you can give your user the possibility to post -their public messages to any StatusNet instance (like identi.ca for example). -The messages will be strapped their rich context and shortened to to the character -limit of the StatusNet instance in question if necessary. If shortening of the -message was performed a link will be added to the notice pointing to the -original message on your server. - -There is a similar plugin to forward public messages to Twitter: Twitter Plugin. - -Online version of this document: http://ur1.ca/35mpb - -___ Requirements ___ - -Due to the distributed nature of the StatusNet network, each user who wishes to -forward public messages to a StatusNet account has to get the OAuth credentials -for themselves, which makes this addon a little bit more user unfriendly than -the Twitter Plugin is. Nothing too geeky though! - -The inclusion of a shorturl for the original posting in cases when the message -was longer than the maximal allowed notice length requires it, that you have -PHP5+ and curl on your server. -Where to find - -In the Friendica git repository /addon/statusnet/, this directory contains all -required PHP files (including the Twitter OAuth library [1] by Abraham Williams, -MIT licensed and the Slinky library [2] by Beau Lebens, BSD license), a CSS file -for styling of the user configuration and an image to Sign in with StatusNet. - -[1] https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth -[2] http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/slinky - -___ Configuration ___ - -__ Global Configuration __ - -If you have configured an admin account, you can configure this plugin from -the admin panel. First activate it from the plugin section of the panel. -Afterwards you will have a separate configuration page for the plugin, where -you can provide a set of globally available OAuth credentials for different -StatusNet pages which will be available for all users of your server. - -If you don't use the admin panel, you can configure the relay using the -.htconfig.php file of your friendica installation. To activate the relay add -it's name to the list of activated addons. - - $a->config['system']['addon'] = "statusnet, ..." - -If you want to provide preconfigured StatusNet instances for your user add the -credentials for them by adding - -$a->config['statusnet']['sites'] = array ( - array ('sitename' => 'identi.ca', 'apiurl' => 'https://identi.ca/api/', - 'consumersecret' => 'OAuth Consumer Secret here', 'consumerkey' => 'OAuth - Consumer Key here'), - array ('sitename' => 'Some other Server', 'apiurl' => - 'http://status.example.com/api/', 'consumersecret' => 'OAuth - Consumer Secret here', 'consumerkey' => 'OAuth Consumer Key here') -); - -to the config file. - -Regardless of providing global OAuth credentials for your users or not, they -can always add their own OAuth-Key and -Secret thus enable the relay for any -StatusNet instance they may have an account at. - -__ User Configuration __ - -When the addon is activated the user has to aquire three things in order to -connect to the StatusNet account of choice. - * the base URL for the StatusNet API, for identi.ca this is - https://identi.ca/api/ - * OAuth Consumer key & secret - -To get the OAuth Consumer key pair the user has to (a) ask her Friendica admin -if a pair already exists or (b) has to register the Friendica server as a -client application on the StatusNet server. This can be done from the account -settings under "Connect -> Connections -> Register an OAuth client application --> Register a new application". - -During the registration of the OAuth client remember the following: - * there is no callback url - * register a desktop client - * with read & write access - * the Source URL should be the URL of your Friendica server - -After the required credentials for the application are stored in the -configuration you have to actually connect your Friendica account with -StatusNet. To do so follow the Sign in with StatusNet button, allow the access -and copy the security code into the plugin configuration. Friendica will then -try to acquire the final OAuth credentials from the API, if successful the -plugin settings will allow you to select to post your public messages to your -StatusNet account. diff --git a/statusnet/README.md b/statusnet/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a76091ddc --- /dev/null +++ b/statusnet/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +StatusNet Connector +=================== +Main authors Tobias Diekershoff and Michael Vogel. + +With this addon to Friendica you can give your user the possibility to post +their public messages to any StatusNet instance. The messages will be strapped +their rich context and shortened to to the character limit of the StatusNet +instance in question if necessary. If shortening of the message was performed a +link will be added to the notice pointing to the original message on your +server. + +Requirements +------------ + +Due to the distributed nature of the StatusNet network, each user who wishes to +forward public messages to a StatusNet account has to get the OAuth credentials +for themselves, which makes this addon a little bit more user unfriendly than +the Twitter Plugin is. Nothing too geeky though! + +The inclusion of a shorturl for the original posting in cases when the message +was longer than the maximal allowed notice length requires it, that you have +PHP5+ and curl on your server. +Where to find + +In the Friendica git repository /addon/statusnet/, this directory contains all +required PHP files (including the [Twitter OAuth library] [1] by Abraham Williams, +MIT licensed and the [Slinky library] [2] by Beau Lebens, BSD license), a CSS file +for styling of the user configuration and an image to Sign in with StatusNet. + +[1]:https://github.com/abraham/twitteroauth +[2]:http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/slinky + +Configuration +============= + +Global Configuration +-------------------- + +**If you have configured an admin account, you can configure this plugin from +the admin panel.** First activate it from the plugin section of the panel. +Afterwards you will have a separate configuration page for the plugin, where +you can provide a set of globally available OAuth credentials for different +StatusNet pages which will be available for all users of your server. + +If you don't use the admin panel, you can configure the relay using the +.htconfig.php file of your friendica installation. To activate the relay add +it's name to the list of activated addons. + + $a->config['system']['addon'] = "statusnet, ..." + +If you want to provide preconfigured StatusNet instances for your user add the +credentials for them by adding + + $a->config['statusnet']['sites'] = array ( + array ('sitename' => 'identi.ca', 'apiurl' => 'https://identi.ca/api/', + 'consumersecret' => 'OAuth Consumer Secret here', 'consumerkey' => 'OAuth + Consumer Key here'), + array ('sitename' => 'Some other Server', 'apiurl' => + 'http://status.example.com/api/', 'consumersecret' => 'OAuth + Consumer Secret here', 'consumerkey' => 'OAuth Consumer Key here') + ); + +to the config file. + +Regardless of providing global OAuth credentials for your users or not, they +can always add their own OAuth-Key and -Secret thus enable the relay for any +StatusNet instance they may have an account at. + +User Configuration +------------------ + +When the addon is activated the user has to aquire three things in order to +connect to the StatusNet account of choice. + +* the base URL for the StatusNet API, for identi.ca this is https://identi.ca/api/ +* OAuth Consumer key & secret + +To get the OAuth Consumer key pair the user has to (a) ask her Friendica admin +if a pair already exists or (b) has to register the Friendica server as a +client application on the StatusNet server. This can be done from the account +settings under "Connect -> Connections -> Register an OAuth client application +-> Register a new application". + +During the registration of the OAuth client remember the following: + +* there is no callback url +* register a desktop client +* with read & write access +* the Source URL should be the URL of your Friendica server + +After the required credentials for the application are stored in the +configuration you have to actually connect your Friendica account with +StatusNet. To do so follow the Sign in with StatusNet button, allow the access +and copy the security code into the plugin configuration. Friendica will then +try to acquire the final OAuth credentials from the API, if successful the +plugin settings will allow you to select to post your public messages to your +StatusNet account. + +Mirroring of Public Postings +---------------------------- + +To avoid endless loops of public postings that are send to StatusNet and then +mirrored back into your friendica stream you have to set the _name of the +application you registered there_ of your friendica node is using to post to +StatusNet in the .htconfig.php file. + + $a->config['statusnet']['application_name'] = "yourname here"; + +Connector Options for the User +============================== + +* **Allow posting to StatusNet** If you want your _public postings_ being + optionally posted to your associated StatusNet accout as well, you need to + check this box. +* **Send public postings to StatusNet by default** if you want to have _all_ + your public postings beeing send to your StatusNet account you need to check + this button as well. Otherwise you have to enable the relay of your postings + in the ACL dialog (click the lock button) before posting an entry. +* **Mirror all posts from statusnet that are no replies or repeated messages** + _TODO add info about the mirroring_ +* **Shortening method that optimizes the post** by default friendica checks how + many characters your StatusNet instance allows you to use for a posting and + if a posting is longer then this amount of characters it will shorten the + message posted on StatusNet and add a short link back to the original + posting. Optionally you can check this box to have the shortening of the + message use an optimization algorithm. _TODO add infos how this is + optimized_ +* **Send linked #-tags and @-names to StatusNet** if you want your #-tags and + @-mentions linked to the friendica network, check this box. If you want to + have StatusNet handle these things for the relayed end of the posting chain, + uncheck it. +* **Clear OAuth configuration** if you want to remove the currently associated + StatusNet account from your friendica account you have to check this box and + then hit the submit button. The saved settings will be deleted and you have + to reconfigure the StatusNet connector to be able to relay your public + postings to a StatusNet account. + +License +======= + +The _StatusNet Connector_ is licensed unter the [3-clause BSD license][3] see the +LICENSE file in the addons directory. + +[3]: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause