Web Intents tracking for a window.open() pop-up window not working

maskedbacon · 2012-08-22T02:29:28.000Z

I’m trying to use Twitter web intents via a Flash application, and none of my event listeners are functioning correctly. Because it is triggered from Flash, I cannot use a normal link, and instead must use Javascript’s window.open(). I have been Googling around, and it seems like this is a problem with opening Tweet windows via window.open().

Is this a solvable issue? Thanks!

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
    window.twttr = (function (d,s,id) {
    var t, js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
    if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id;
    js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
    return window.twttr || (t = { _e: [], ready: function(f){ t._e.push(f) } });
    }(document, "script", "twitter-wjs"));
</script>

twttr.ready(function (twttr) {

    twttr.events.bind('tweet', function(event) {
        alert('tweet complete');
        // Do something there
    });

    twttr.events.bind('click', function(event) {
        alert('clicked');
        // Do something there
    });
});

episod · 2012-08-22T15:28:26.000Z

The event listeners will not function without you letting our own Javascript open the windows for you.

maskedbacon · 2012-08-22T17:11:56.000Z

Thanks for the reply! However, could you please explain a little more? I don’t quite understand what you mean.

episod · 2012-08-22T18:07:19.000Z

Our Javascript that captures the events in the popup just cannot be made aware of those events happening without having opened the window itself – web intents are meant to work whether you want to use our javascript or not, but web intents javascript events require that you use our javascript to control the opening of the windows.

maskedbacon · 2012-08-22T18:11:52.000Z

Thanks! Could you please refer me to some documentation on how I’d use your Javascript to generate the pop-up?

maskedbacon · 2012-08-24T00:32:32.000Z

Taylor, did you see my reply? Sorry for the bump.

episod · 2012-08-24T00:37:42.000Z

If you implement the Tweet Button, Follow Button, or any of the web intents and include our Javascript. When the page loads, our javascript will look for elements like this and automatically add pop-up capabilities when clicked. Within the pop-ups, when the triggerable events happen any callbacks you register will be executed.

In this example, just including the Javascript and building these simple links create pop-ups on on a HTTP or HTTPS connection (and https: to the javascript src there if you’re loading from the filesystem directly).



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maskedbacon · 2012-08-24T00:56:42.000Z

Thanks for getting back to me. What if the button is triggered via Flash? I wouldn’t be able to use an link in that case.

episod · 2012-08-24T00:57:40.000Z

You probably wouldn’t be able to utilize the intent events in that case.

maskedbacon · 2012-08-24T01:24:13.000Z

OK, thank you Taylor.

kalpesh_vi · 2013-06-19T10:10:22.000Z

Is any solution has been added to the API for the flash to get the callback of event?

niall · 2016-02-06T06:41:14.797Z