gistfile1.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="hello world example">
<Require feature="opensocial-0.8"/>
</ModulePrefs>
<Content type="html"><![CDATA[
<script type="text/javascript">
function getHtml() {    
  var params = {};  
  params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.CONTENT_TYPE] = gadgets.io.ContentType.TEXT;  
  var url = "http://www.google.com";  
  gadgets.io.makeRequest(url, response, params);
};
function response(obj) {  
  //obj.text contains the text of the page that was requested  
  var str = obj.text;
  var html =  str.substr(0,400);  
  document.getElementById('content_div').innerHTML = html;
};
gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(getHtml);
</script>
]]>
</Content>
</Module>