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Google Releases Web APIs

Posted by Hemos on from the developing-with-google dept.

skunkeh writes "Google have released the first beta of their Web APIs package. Used in conjunction with a free license key this SOAP based web service allows developers to execute up to 1000 automated queries a day, but is currently available for non-commercial use only. The download comes with Java and .NET code examples and includes a WSDL description for use with other SOAP supporting languages." There's also a write up about uses on Userland.

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  1. Google groups may require a Google account.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    "...The initial service available with your Google Account is:

    Google Web APIs - a tool for software developers to automatically query Google

    In the future, your Google account will provide access to all Google programs requiring sign in including: Google Groups, Google AdWords, Google Store, Google in Your Language program...."

    Does that mean that accessing the Google Groups is now going to need me to create an account? Hmm..

  2. Anyone care to explain... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    how this is different than using a script to parse Google's output?

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  3. More Advanced Features? by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think I speak for most when I ask if you can have your results back in the "interesting" language sets:

  4. What about slashdot? by aozilla · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How long until slashdot offers this service?

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  5. Re:A great corporate move by ergo98 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if Google is already providing some sort of paid service to large corporations. On my website on day I actually got a hit coming from a chap at the Redmond campus of Microsoft, and he was searching via http://www.google.com/microsoft : BTW, at the time I'm quite sure that that page actually displayed the Microsoft logo as well.

  6. They already do... by xtermz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... sort of.. they have a XML file out there off of the main site that you can query to get the latest headlines...

    i've actually used it before with a simple VB app...

    email me if you want the code...

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  7. access to postings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I would love a computer-friendly way to access postings. The limited UI offered by a web browser is not the right way to read these huge, nested discussions! I've been playing with better interfaces, and have kludgey code for parsing slashdot HTML pages, but it would be wonderful to have something cleaner and less brittle.

  8. Re:Web API Implementations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry for hijacking this thread, but in the last story about "google" someone mentioned that there should be a google topic on slashdot, and someone offered up these icons. Why isn't there a google topic on slashdot?

  9. Re:NNTP tunneling ? by km790816 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is where things get interesting.

    Companies have become happy blocking ports to restrict no-nos: messaging, newsgroups, etc.

    I'm wondering how long it will be until we start seeing firewalls that can filter/block SOAP calls for the very reasons you mention. SOAP just forces network admins to move up from ports and protocals to sniffing HTTP requests to keep people from having too much fun.

    Enjoy it while it lasts.

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  10. Not needed by NineNine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why is this needed? I've been using Google programatically for a while now. What does this offer that I can't use on my own?