Had a great lunch with @macduff@google.com and @rkhare@google.com ..
Based on our conversations I'm going to claim this idiom *social referer*
For a number of reasons it might make sense to send the originating social profile in an API request. For example a nytimes +1 could include an sgn URL with the API request.
POST /plusone/create
Content-Type: text/json
X-Social-Referer: sgn://nytimes.com?pk=12345
This would help with spam mitigation (we could throttle individual accounts at a third party instead of an entire site) It would also allow us to have a reciprocal relationship with our partners since they can see the profile information in one way only. Of course we should be willing to send social referers to sites we make API calls to as well.
POST /api/v2/contacts
Host: api.yahoo.com
X-Social-Referer: sgn://google.com?pk=OBFUSCATEDGAIAID
Stupid idea? Good idea? Sound off in the comments!
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