API changes in upcoming Reader?

[Nick Bradbury]

Just caught this post in the Google Reader blog:

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-changes-to-reader-new-look-new.html

Are there any API changes we should be prepared for? And are any API calls being retired?

Thanks,

Nick Bradbury

http://nick.typepad.com/

[Justin Long]

I really don't like what I'm hearing about the changes to Reader, as a matter of fact - the loss of the RSS feed for shared items means I can no longer integrate what I share from Reader into my blog. That's a huge productivity blow for me...

[Mihai Parparita]

Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).

There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be used.

Mihai

[Justin Long]

But eliminating the RSS feed for shared items means Reader will now talk only to G+ right? Which means it won't echo links out to Twitter or FB easily (right now it's a one-step process--just hit the SHARE button. that Send button takes two steps... sounds picky, but that's at least double the time!). I have over a thousand followers on Twitter & FB and we often talk about the links I share. They also get echoed to my blog. Losing all of that is a major pain! That was the biggest reason for me to be using Reader.

[Mihai Parparita]

Hi Justin,

This group is meant for API discussions only, the regular user forums are a better place to give product feedback.

Mihai

[Justin Long]

Ok, let me rephrase: is there now or will there eventually be an API for accessing the items shared from Reader into G+ as there is now for accessing the shared items in Reader?

[Mihai Parparita]

There isn't such an API now (or rather, there won't be one when the switch to Google+ sharing happens).

Mihai

[Nick Bradbury]

Thanks for the information, Mihai. Really sad to see sharing disappear from the GRAPI since that's a hugely important feature in FeedDemon, but given that we're using an unofficial API I certainly can't complain about it. So instead I'll simply thank Google for letting us use the free service for so long, and then pull my hair out trying to figure out how to handle this situation in my app.

[Mihai Parparita]

Note that sharing in Reader will be replaced by +1 buttons very similar to the version that's available to publishers (http://www.google.com/intl/en/webmasters/+1/button/index.html), so it may be an option for you to embed that.

Mihai

[Gaurav]

The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly
does it stops happening. Can you please share more details on when the
write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?

Thanks!

On Oct 21, 5:44 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
> Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is
> going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features
> are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at
> the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).
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> There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be
> used.
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> Mihai
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> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Nick Bradbury <nick.bradb...@gmail.com>wrote:
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[Mihai Parparita]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gaurav <gaura...@gmail.com> wrote:

The reading-list used to return friends shared items, when exactly
does it stops happening.

It will stop returning shared items when the sharing features are replaced with Google+ ones (i.e. next week).

 

Can you please share more details on when the
write requests will start to file, I mean the exact date and time?

Unfortunately I don't have an exact date yet, just sometime in mid-November. I'll let the group know once there is a more certain date.

Mihai

[Mariano Kamp]

Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later
date, say March?

Ripping out like buttons etc. will take some time and then there needs
to be some time for the new versions to be distributed, also to the
users who are slow with new versions.

On Oct 21, 9:12 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:

[Dan Stark]

So, everything else (except for sharing-related things) will keep the same, right?

If I don't provide any special sharing functions in my app, I shouldn't be worried, right?

Dan

[Mariano Kamp]

Do you use "like"? That would be an issue too.

Written on a mobile device

[Jeremy Zilar]

Many of the editors at The New York Times use feeds from shared folders to share links to sources, blogs, and topics. Sad to see this feature go, but change happens. It is the only thing that is consistent about the web.

Looking forward to seeing what changes are coming.

[Edwin Khodabakchian]

Thanks for the insight Mihai. Does this mean that "sort by magic" will
also be discontinued? -Edwin

On Oct 20, 5:44 pm, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
> Basically anything to do with sharing (broadcast tag), liking or friends is
> going away. The API calls will still succeed even after the social features
> are gone from our UI, but eventually write requests will start to fail (at
> the same time as Google Buzz going read-only).
>
> There won't be any new Reader-specific API calls, the Google+ API will be
> used.
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> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Nick Bradbury <nick.bradb...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-changes-to-reader-n...

[Mihai Parparita]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:59 AM, Mariano Kamp <marian...@gmail.com> wrote:

Would it be possible to keep them failing silently until a much later
date, say March?

I'll see what can be done about this.

Mihai

[Mihai Parparita]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Edwin Khodabakchian <edwin.kho...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the insight Mihai. Does this mean that "sort by magic" will
also be discontinued? -Edwin

Sort by magic will continue to be available.

Mihai

[Mariano Kamp]

Thanks Mihai.

Sent from a mobile device

[Gaurav]

Hi Mihai,

It's nice to see quick responses from your side, even though it's an
unofficial API.
Please let us know if write calls can continue to fail for a longer
period of time, so we can plan for changes without being affected.

Thanks!

On Oct 22, 2:41 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:

[Sonali Aditya]

Hi Mihai,

We are using the unofficial GRAPI alongwith Google OAuth authentication to download starred/shared/liked items, and I understand that the shared and liked feature will be going away. We hope that the 'star' feature will stay.

 

Our concern is more related to the 'write'. Currently we edit subscriptions for a user and edit some labels for him. Will these edit / POST unofficial api's go away ?

thank you ...

[Mihai Parparita]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Sonali Aditya <sonali...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mihai,

We are using the unofficial GRAPI alongwith Google OAuth authentication to download starred/shared/liked items, and I understand that the shared and liked feature will be going away. We hope that the 'star' feature will stay.

Starring is not affected.

 

Our concern is more related to the 'write'. Currently we edit subscriptions for a user and edit some labels for him. Will these edit / POST unofficial api's go away ?

No, the rest of the API continues to be as unofficially available as it was before.

Mihai

[Edwin Khodabakchian]

Will the shared/like metadata will replaced by Google+/+1 metadata or
will that need to be a separate call? Thanks. -Edwin

On Oct 24, 9:54 am, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:

[Mihai Parparita]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Edwin Khodabakchian <edwin.kho...@gmail.com> wrote:

Will the shared/like metadata will replaced by Google+/+1 metadata or
will that need to be a separate call?

That will be a separate call (Reader API calls will not return any Google+ data).

Mihai