3 Replies Latest reply on Apr 26, 2016 12:43 PM by xsingy

Custom HTML Tile - No access to Jive API

cmccann Mar 24, 2016 12:43 PM

Hello! At the Hackathon Lounge for at JiveWorld16 it was mentioned to me that I should look at doing some of our Custom Tile Views using the HTML Tile instead to get around the performance issue (Is there anyway to improve the load time of a Custom View Tile? ).

We have done this, but we have now run into another issue. Apparently, Tiles do not have access to the REST API. Custom HTML in Your Jive Community

Why is this a limitation?

Is there an option to enable this feature to work -- access data based on context of user (like the HTML Wiget)?

I'm hoping an option to use the HTML Tile with Jive REST API is coming in the future.

Thanks!

-Charles

Re: Custom HTML Tile - No access to Jive API

Ryan Rutan Mar 24, 2016 12:58 PM (in response to cmccann)

Charles,

The load time that is noticed for Custom View Tiles is due to the fact that the runtime is loading up the Shindig (OpenSocial) container in the background to provide the API proxy and environment details. When you run an HTML Tile, and you are basically dropping the core-v3 feature, but are still using the same Tile framework, but not loading Shindig. (see: https://community.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-141800#jive_content_id_Tile_Features ). Currently, there is a mutually exclusive decision to be made regarding loadTimes and proxied access to the APIs. If you need to use the REST APIs, you will need to use the core-v3 feature on your Tile and incur the Shindig delay.

Yuval Twig is aware of this delay and we are looking into ways to speed this up in future releases.

Does this help clarify the current position?
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  cmccann Mar 28, 2016 6:50 AM (in response to Ryan Rutan)
  
  Thanks. The part that I still don't understand is why the HTML widget vs the HTML tile have different behaviors when accessing the REST APIs (why is the HTML Tile limited). While the Custom View tiles might not have a performance issue in the near future, Jive will still limit a page to 2 custom tiles so that might still force us to handle things differently.
  
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    xsingy Apr 26, 2016 12:43 PM (in response to cmccann)
    
    Charles McCann you can access REST API from a custom view tile through an Osapi call - see Making REST API calls directly from a Jive app or tile
    
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