Dear Sebastian,

Let me answer inline because you ask a few different questions. I am afraid that most of this is actually for another support channel.

El 29/06/2015 a las 14:02, Maraloiu Sebastian escribió:
Hey guys,

I have some urgent questions that I need an answer to today or tomorrow at the latest.

I want to apply to one of the FIWARE accelerators, but I don't know if my product would be compatible with the tech or will make it incredibly hard for commercial success.

I'm basically trying to build an Android app similar in functionality to Vine (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android).

It will have:
1) a login through a social network (like Facebook etc) or email.
2) in will play gif or videos in a loop
3) in will allow users to upvote content

In this case, what is the minimal part of Fiware that we should use in order to be accepted into the accelerator?
This question is not for this list. The team that has the knowledge of the call to reply this sort of questions is in the acceleration support list (http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/). This is not technical knowledge but rather knowledge of the rules of the competition.

Also, a few more specific questions:

a) can we use other API to login( like the Facebook API) instead of Fiware?
Again, this is about competition rules and it should go to the other list.
b) Can we use for example Javascript (using Corvova/PhoneGap) or build the app in Java for Android and Xcode for iOS without any interference from FIREWARE?
I guess that you mean FIWARE. I do not understand what you mean by "without any interference from FIWARE". If you can please clarify.
c) can you put me in contact with someone that has build a similar app already with FIREWARE? Or maybe just someone that has a an app with a Facebook login but is in an Fiware accelerator.
The teams that relate to the accelerators are not on this list. You can reach them as specified on http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/

I'm under time pressure so please respond today or tomorrow.
I am awfully sorry but we cannot always guarantee replies within the same date.

Thank you in advance,
Sebastian Maraloiu

Thanks for answering, Miguel. I'll clarify below.
So, in the end I mostly interested in asking 3 technical question :
1) Can I actually build my app easily using Fiware? 
I want to build an app that has similar functionalities to Vine( has a social login, ability to upvote content, show movies/gifs).
Until now the whole the processes seem cumbersome and it seems to make it really hard to build a commercial viable app without having add a lot of stuff that the app doesn't actually need.

2) What Fiware APIs can I specically use for such an app?links and how specifically can that tech help would be useful
3) Can I use a social login/API like Facebook while working with Fiware?
4) Can I use Cordova/PhoneGap while using Fiware?Cordova is missing a lot of stuff as it is so not being compatible in any way with Fiware would be a dealbreaker
Don't know if I managed to be clearer this time, but let me know if it's better.
Thanks,Sebastian

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 1:50 PM, MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO <miguel.carrillopacheco@telefonica.com> wrote:

Dear Sebastian,

Let me answer inline because you ask a few different questions. I am afraid that most of this is actually for another support channel.

El 29/06/2015 a las 14:02, Maraloiu Sebastian escribió:

Hey guys,
I have some urgent questions that I need an answer to today or tomorrow at the latest.
I want to apply to one of the FIWARE accelerators, but I don't know if my product would be compatible with the tech or will make it incredibly hard for commercial success.
I'm basically trying to buildan Android app similar in functionality to Vine (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android). 
It will have:1) a login through a social network (like Facebook etc) or email.2) in will play gif or videos in a loop3) in will allow users to upvote content
In this case, what is the minimal part of Fiware that we should use in order to be accepted into the accelerator?
This question is not for this list. The team that has the knowledge of the call to reply this sort of questions is in the acceleration support list (http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/). This is not technical knowledge but rather knowledge of the rules of the competition.

Also, a few more specific questions:
a) can we use other API to login( like the Facebook API) instead of Fiware?
Again, this is  about competition rules and it should go to the other list.

b) Can we use for example Javascript (using Corvova/PhoneGap) or build the app in Java for Android and Xcode for iOS without any interference from FIREWARE?
I guess that you mean FIWARE. I do not understand what you mean by "without any interference from FIWARE". If you can please clarify.

c) can you put me in contact with someone that has build a similar app already with FIREWARE? Or maybe just someone that has a an app with a Facebook login but is in an Fiware accelerator.
The teams that relate to the accelerators are not on this list. You can reach them as specified onhttp://www.fiware.org/contact-us/

I'm under time pressure so please respond today or tomorrow.
I am awfully sorry but we cannot always guarantee replies within the same date.  

Thank you in advance,Sebastian Maraloiu
 

Hi,

1) It is up to you to evaluate the complexity of connecting to our GEs. This depends largely on the GE you choose and how you want to use them. This is ultimately talking to them via REST interfaces. We believe it is not so complex but this is always subjective and arguable.

2) It is up to you to choose the GE (by choosing a GE, you choose the APIs). doing so is part of the exercise that we propose in the accelerators. As you know, they are linked from each enabler from http://catalogue.fiware.org/enablers

This one may be of help: http://www.fiware.org/tour-guide/

3) If you mean whether it is technically feasible to authenticate from, for instance, facebook and then use FIWARE enablers, of course we do not see any technical problems. Why should we have them? But I am not aware of FIWARE facilities to do so, you should do this work yourself.

4)I don’t see why you ponder whether FIWARE is compatible with Cordova as it is a Web Framework and there is nothing that prevents you from creating Web front-ends that use FIWARE backend components (Context Broker, IDAS, etc.). The general case is that as long as you can create REST interfaces you can talk to our components.

Regards,

Miguel

El 30/06/2015 a las 13:07, Maraloiu Sebastian escribió:
Thanks for answering, Miguel. I'll clarify below.

So, in the end I mostly interested in asking 3 technical question :

1) Can I actually build my app easily using Fiware?
I want to build an app that has similar functionalities to Vine( has a social login, ability to upvote content, show movies/gifs).

Until now the whole the processes seem cumbersome and it seems to make it really hard to build a commercial viable app without having add a lot of stuff that the app doesn't actually need.

2) What Fiware APIs can I specically use for such an app?
links and how specifically can that tech help would be useful

3) Can I use a social login/API like Facebook while working with Fiware?

4) Can I use Cordova/PhoneGap while using Fiware?
Cordova is missing a lot of stuff as it is so not being compatible in any way with Fiware would be a dealbreaker

Don't know if I managed to be clearer this time, but let me know if it's better.

Thanks,
Sebastian

On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 1:50 PM, MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO <miguel.carrillopacheco@telefonica.com><miguel.carrillopacheco@telefonica.com> wrote:

Dear Sebastian,

Let me answer inline because you ask a few different questions. I am afraid that most of this is actually for another support channel.

El 29/06/2015 a las 14:02, Maraloiu Sebastian escribió:
Hey guys,

I have some urgent questions that I need an answer to today or tomorrow at the latest.

I want to apply to one of the FIWARE accelerators, but I don't know if my product would be compatible with the tech or will make it incredibly hard for commercial success.

I'm basically trying to build an Android app similar in functionality to Vine (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android).

It will have:
1) a login through a social network (like Facebook etc) or email.
2) in will play gif or videos in a loop
3) in will allow users to upvote content

In this case, what is the minimal part of Fiware that we should use in order to be accepted into the accelerator?
This question is not for this list. The team that has the knowledge of the call to reply this sort of questions is in the acceleration support list (http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/). This is not technical knowledge but rather knowledge of the rules of the competition.

Also, a few more specific questions:

a) can we use other API to login( like the Facebook API) instead of Fiware?
Again, this is about competition rules and it should go to the other list.
b) Can we use for example Javascript (using Corvova/PhoneGap) or build the app in Java for Android and Xcode for iOS without any interference from FIREWARE?
I guess that you mean FIWARE. I do not understand what you mean by "without any interference from FIWARE". If you can please clarify.
c) can you put me in contact with someone that has build a similar app already with FIREWARE? Or maybe just someone that has a an app with a Facebook login but is in an Fiware accelerator.
The teams that relate to the accelerators are not on this list. You can reach them as specified on http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/

I'm under time pressure so please respond today or tomorrow.
I am awfully sorry but we cannot always guarantee replies within the same date.

Thank you in advance,
Sebastian Maraloiu

The email thread did not get recorded properly in the ticket. Manual copy-paste follows:

El 01/07/2015 a las 17:09, MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO escribió:

Hi,

1) It is up to you to evaluate the complexity of connecting to our
GEs. This depends largely on the GE you choose and how you want to
use them.   This is ultimately talking to them via REST interfaces.
We believe it is not so complex but this is always subjective and
arguable.

2) It is up to you to choose the GE (by choosing a GE, you choose
the APIs). doing so is part of the exercise that we propose in the
accelerators. As you know, they are linked from each enabler from
http://catalogue.fiware.org/enablers

This one may be of help: http://www.fiware.org/tour-guide/

3) If you mean whether it is technically feasible to authenticate
from, for instance, facebook and then use FIWARE enablers, of course
we do not see any technical problems. Why should we have them? But I
am not aware of FIWARE facilities to do so, you should do this work
yourself.

4)I don’t see why you ponder whether FIWARE is compatible with
Cordova as it is a Web Framework and there is nothing that prevents
you from creating Web front-ends that use FIWARE backend components
(Context Broker, IDAS, etc.). The general case is that as long as
you can create REST interfaces you can talk to our components.

Regards,

Miguel

El 30/06/2015 a las 13:07, Maraloiu
Sebastian escribió:

Thanks for answering,
Miguel. I'll clarify below.

So, in the end I mostly
interested in asking 3 technical question :

1) Can I
actually build my app easily using Fiware? 

I want to build an app
that has similar functionalities to Vine( has a social
login, ability to upvote content, show movies/gifs).

Until now
the whole the processes seem cumbersome and it seems to make
it really hard to build a commercial viable app without having
add a lot of stuff that the app doesn't actually need.

2) What Fiware APIs
can I specically use for such an app?
links and how
specifically can that tech help would be useful

3) Can I use a social
login/API like Facebook while working with Fiware?

4) Can I use
Cordova/PhoneGap while using Fiware?
Cordova is missing a
lot of stuff as it is so not being compatible in any way
with Fiware would be a dealbreaker

Don't know
if I managed to be clearer this time, but let me know if it's
better.

Thanks,
Sebastian

On Tuesday,
June 30, 2015 1:50 PM, MIGUEL CARRILLO PACHECO
<miguel.carrillopacheco@telefonica.com> wrote:

Dear Sebastian,

Let me answer inline because you ask a few different
questions. I am afraid that most of this is actually
for another support channel.

El
29/06/2015 a las 14:02, Maraloiu Sebastian
escribió:

Hey
guys,

I
have some urgent questions that I need an
answer to today or tomorrow at the latest.

I
want to apply to one of the FIWARE
accelerators, but I don't know if my product
would be compatible with the tech or will make
it incredibly hard for commercial success.

I'm
basically trying to build
an
Android app
similar in functionality to Vine (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.vine.android). 

It
will have:
1)

a login through a social network (like
Facebook etc) or email.
2)
in will
play gif or videos in a loop
3)
in will allow users to
upvote content

In
this case,
what is the minimal part of Fiware that we
should use in order to be accepted into
the accelerator?

This question is not for this list. The team that
has the knowledge of the call to reply this sort of
questions is in the acceleration support list (http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/).

This is not technical knowledge but rather knowledge
of the rules of the competition.

Also,
a few more
specific questions:

a)
can we use other API to login( like the
Facebook API) instead of Fiware?

Again, this is  about competition rules and it
should go to the other list.

b)
Can we use for example Javascript (using
Corvova/PhoneGap) or build the app in Java for
Android and Xcode for iOS without any
interference from FIREWARE?

I guess that you mean FIWARE. I do not understand
what you mean by "without any interference from
FIWARE". If you can please clarify.

c)
can you put me in contact with someone that
has build a similar app already with FIREWARE?
Or maybe just someone that has a an app with a
Facebook login but is in an Fiware
accelerator.

The teams that relate to the accelerators are not on
this list. You can reach them as specified on
http://www.fiware.org/contact-us/

I'm
under time pressure so please respond today or
tomorrow.

I am awfully sorry but we cannot always guarantee
replies within the same date.  

Thank
you in advance,
Sebastian
Maraloiu