Eli Grey

JIL 0.0.4

By Eli Grey Comment

At this time I would be introducing Noteboard 2.1 but since the source files to that are on my corrupted hard drive, I began working on a updated version of JIL. One new great feature is chainable method calls.

Changelog for JIL 0.0.4:

  • JIL is now a function with properties, not just an object. Usage: JIL([prop [, arg1 [, ect]]]); The JIL function either returns itself or a property specified in the first argument if there is only one argument and it is not a method.
    • JIL("get", "OpenID", console.log) is the same as JIL.get("OpenID", console.log) and returns JIL
    • JIL("trust") will run JIL.trust() and returns JIL
    • JIL("origin") will return JIL.origin
    • JIL("undefined property that doesn't exit") returns JIL
  • JIL method calls are now chainable
  • No longer removes listeners if they are not already set
  • Added JIL.requestCallbacks.reset([key])
  • Replaced all single quotes with double quotes because I felt like it
  • JIL.loadFrame([readyCallback]) now passes readyCallback the JIL function
  • Added JIL.changeHost([origin [, path[, callback]]]) for easy host changing
  • JIL.query now only adds a callback if it is a function
  • JIL.handleMessage renamed to JIL.handleResponse
  • Grouped the fields first then the methods in the initialization for orginization
  • JIL.generateID removed and an anonymous ran-once function named safeRandID with collision prevention was placed inside JIL.query
  • JIL.frame.contentWindow.postMessage’s second argument is now always JIL.origin instead of “*”

You can download JIL 0.0.4 from code.eligrey.com/jdata/jil/0.0.4/

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jData completely redone

By Eli Grey Comment

I have recently completely redid all of jData to make a much securer version. I have also dropped the HTTP query parameter support due to most new advanced browsers support postMessage & localStorage (except Opera, which seems to currently only support postMessage).

The old version wasn’t practical due to having no security system that asked the user if they allowed an action, and the messages were just eval()’d right away. The new version features a much more reliable trust sytem that asks the user for confirmation before anything is set by an untrusted host. Getting data has no restrictions, though, like always. Only setting and removing data and requesting to become a trusted host prompt for user confirmation.

The jDataQuery() snippet I made is now obsolete (but still works as long as you make valid JSON requests that comply with the jData API Reference), and is replaced by JIL, an interface library for jData I also made today.

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