CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 152

Which library is 'WL' in the following code

For authentication using chrome, I am following this repo and this specific file : https://github.com/jameslau-MSFT/MSAuthFromChromeExtSample/blob/master/js/popup.js

However they have something 'WL'. I don't know where they got it. I looked at .gitignore (there is none).

Is there something I am missing?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 712

Answers (4)

Matt Holland
Matt Holland

Reputation: 2210

In https://github.com/jameslau-MSFT/MSAuthFromChromeExtSample/blob/master/html/popup.html you can see a script imported: <script src="https://js.live.net/v5.0/wl.js"></script>. This seems to be the culprit.

Googling "wl.js" then took me to here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh550837.aspx - turns out it's the JavaScript library for the Microsoft Live API. (WL = "Windows Live" I assume).

Upvotes: 4

max_
max_

Reputation: 24481

A quick Google search yielded that it's from the Windows Live SDK framework:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh550844.aspx

The Live SDK JavaScript API (Windows Universal app and web) and the REST API, enables apps to read, update, and share user data by using JavaScript. It provides methods for signing users in and out, getting user status, subscribing to events, creating UI controls, and calling the Representational State Transfer (REST) API.

Upvotes: 2

freddiev4
freddiev4

Reputation: 2621

From Microsoft Dev Center. Live SDK REST API.:

The WL object is a global object that encapsulates all functions of the Live SDK JavaScript API (Windows Store app and web). Your app uses the WL object to call all of the Live SDK JavaScript API functions.

Upvotes: 2

Alex Taylor
Alex Taylor

Reputation: 8843

You're looking at the Windows Live API:

Makes a call to the Live SDK Representational State Transfer (REST) API, for a Windows Store app or web app.

Here's how to use the library directly. That page includes instructions on Referencing the JavaScript library in a web app. Which gives the following example (which is in the HTML of the linked project):

<script src="//js.live.net/v5.0/wl.js"></script>

Upvotes: 2

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