Friends of the Unofficial Google Reader API Google Group

Looking for tests suites and testers

2013-03-22T09:53:36Z

We ([link]) have started developing and deploying our
Google Reader API replacement.
We used some of the existing clients to make sure we were 'compatible', but
it would obviously be great if
we had people willing to tests that as we make progress.
We have also started to backup the data from Google Reader's feeds.

Free Google Reader

2013-03-16T13:17:00Z

How you can promote open source web and you kill Google Reader. Give it to
the people. Free Google Reader

Google Reader shutdown and the API

2013-03-14T06:24:14Z

I'm assuming that the shutdown of Google Reader will also mean the shutdown
of the lovely and useful API as well. Can anyone confirm or (hopefully!)
deny that?
Thanks,
Scott Patten

still alive?

2013-02-08T09:56:31Z

just wondering whether this list is still alive or not. Hopefully, yes :)

Get Google reading list using OAuth 2 in C#

2012-12-18T09:10:52Z

Hello everyone,
I am using OAuth 2 and I can access token and refresh token. How can I get
reading list from Google reader using Oauth 2 access token.
Thanks in advance.
Get

How to add a new feed/subscription?

2012-12-02T21:38:55Z

I know there are many guides out there on how to use the api, here is a
good example:
[link]
but i cant seem to get it to work.. can someone show me an example? or tell
me if that information in that guide I posted is accurate?

The stream/items/contents API returns a max of 250 items even when requesting more

2012-11-18T07:43:36Z

I have been trying to figure this out but no matter what I do the stream/items/contents
API always returns a max of 250 items. I have also found it return a "Bad
request" error when trying to get 1000 or so items. Is this by desing?

It also returns a titile/desc/updated etc on the root objects that matches

undoc.in comes up as an advert now

2012-11-16T04:22:55Z

Yikes, looks like someone forgot to renew their domain name registration?

Entries for a tag name coming up empty - zero items

2012-11-15T02:08:11Z

I wrote some code in Node.js to query for entries in a tag name in Reader,
and that returns a list of items. But if I use the same URL in Java, it
returns an empty list of items. The JSON does have the correct meta
information but the items array is empty.
Here's my current code in Java to form the URL. I've tried several

Mark all read time in JS

2012-11-05T02:23:55Z

I am using this API:
[link]
For the time stamp I was using: unreadCounts[i].newestItemTime stampUsec
However I want to support 1 day, 1 week, and 2 weeks:
var time;
var now = new Date(Date.now());
if (timeFrame === AllReadTypes.day) {

Which property (published, updated, etc) in the result of ApiStreamContents matches nt and ot parameter?

2012-09-13T13:59:18Z

Hello all.
If I use ApiStreamContents, in the json, for each item, I can have its
updated time, published time, crawlTimeMsec, and timestampUsec.
They are similar, but have slightly different values, if strictly.
I wish to control the Api usage precisely and use *nt* and *ot* parameter,
so that I strictly don't download any items that I already have.

Add item to Google Reader Subscription List

2012-09-12T08:02:29Z

Hi all,
i am using the unofficial Google reader API for my application. i can add
items to the subscription list successfully, but problem is with deletion,
please point out the correct URL for this.....also i need to identify the
last added item to the subscription list. is this possible? hope somebody

Open source API for Java, anyone interested?

2012-09-03T22:09:07Z

Hi,
I have developed and published an open source Java API for Google Reader.
It's here on github <[link]>. Usage is like:
// scribe oauth service
OAuthService oauth = new
ServiceBuilder().provider(Goog leApi.class).apiKey(key).apiSe cret(secret).build();
// oauth connection

gmane

2012-08-30T18:56:54Z

I went ahead and asked to add this list to gmane:
[link]
-Thufir

Attaching custom data to individual items (posts)

2012-08-28T12:05:04Z

Is there a good way to add a small piece of custom data to an individual
item (for example an integer used as a bookmark in the associated podcast
episode). The only thing I can think of is adding a custom "Tag" to the
item, but that presents several issues related to modifying and cleaning
unused tags. I was hoping that there could be something else (for example a

401 (Not Found) error when I try to subscribe a feed

2012-08-24T13:52:44Z

Hello all.

I got 401 (Not Found) error when I try to subscribe a feed. Here is what I
am doing.

I have "access_token" in hand. Then I get "token (T)" via the
"access_token".

Then I followed the instruction of the following two page

[link]

Why does Google Reader API need a Token for Edit actions? Is access_token enough?

2012-08-24T11:43:44Z

Hello.
Just being curious about the design of Google Reader API.
So, for edit actions (edit tag, remove tag, etc), we need a Token for in
the POST request.
In order to get the Token, we need to GET one providing the access_token
value.
*I am just curious, why designing like this? *
The point is that access_token is already a door which the user allows us

Reading list

2012-08-21T10:41:22Z

Should my reading list include all the contents of my Reader subscriptions
folder?
I seem to be getting only the latest 10 episodes of new podcasts I have
just subscribed to - not all the previous episodes ( going back years!)
When I query each feed separately I get all episodes but I'd like to get

Can there be multiple streams in "directStreamIds" when fetching ids only for reading-list?

2012-08-14T09:01:40Z

I figured that there can be more than one streams in "*directStreamIds*" if
input contains multiple "*s*" parameters. As mentioned here:
[link]
But, if the input is a single stream (i.e. parameter "*s*" is NOT repeated)
like "*s=user/-/state/com.google/re ading-list*", can "*directStreamIds*"

"ApiStreamItemsIds" not returning continuation token?

2012-08-11T08:18:38Z

Hello,
As documented here:
[link] => If a
response does not represent all items in a timestamp range, it will have a
continuation attribute.
I'm using the below call to get ids for last 6 months, but it doesn't
return "continuation" attribute:

google search API

2012-08-06T10:33:05Z

is it possible for me to get google search results in my program, pls pls help

Does the Reader API support JSONP?

2012-07-19T20:51:53Z

After authentication, etc., I'd like to add a callback function to the
queries for the main data. I've tried appending the obvious
&output=json&callback=func and I don't see any reference to func in the
return.
Is this model not supported? If not, what are the alternatives?

400 Bad Request using OAuth after app restart

2012-07-09T03:12:04Z

Scenario is client app using OAuth, refresh token to "Bearer XXX", then
query this:
*
[link]
*
First time around this works fine.
Starting recently, after closing the app, restarting and trying again

Newbe Question - Google Reader API not listed under "APIsColsole > Services"

2012-07-06T18:31:01Z

What gives? How are you supposed to register an application in the APIs
Console in order to authenticate using oAuth 2.0? I understand this API may
not yet be officialy supported, but does that mean you don't need to
register it (or does that mean it's not supported under oAuth 2.0?
Also, I'm still searching through forums to find a good starting point for

ck parameter ignored

2012-07-03T18:39:33Z

Hello,
I'm trying to get unread items as json from Google Reader but i can't get
the "*ck*" parameter to work.
I just keep getting the "n" newest items and the ck filter seems ignored.
I'm using this uri:
[link]

Where / How can I get the Google Reader signin page?

2012-06-24T12:01:41Z

Hello.
I have seen some apps are using Google's organic sign in page in their apps
for users to signin.
Shown like this:
<[link]>
How can I get this page too?
Thanks

Currently, what is the best way to authenticate a user for Google Reader in iOS?

2012-06-23T22:37:43Z

Hello All
I am going to write a pet project for Google Reader for iPhone.
I am wondering currently which way is best to authenticate the user?
Is any available library for this purpose?
Thanks
Tony

20.000 Unread

2012-06-21T07:45:45Z

Here also equal problem since this morning. ReederApp for Mac and
iPhone load all read articles (20.000) and display as unread. If I
mark and read type everything, all articles appear again as unread.
Google Reader displays however that all articles were read. Also the
creation of a new account in ReederApp iPhone did not bring a success.

Synchronization of unread items is broken since today

2012-06-21T05:29:29Z

Hello,
since today (June 21, 2012) the API call /reader/api/0/stream/items/ids
returns too many unread items (all?).
This breaks at least the iOS Apps Mr. Reader (my App) and Reeder. Are there
any Google Reader API changes and how can we fix it?
Best,
Oliver

Feeds list with unread counts in one API call

2012-06-04T14:28:01Z

Hello, I'm looking at the API endpoints and the data they provide and
scratching my head – I want to get a list of feeds with their titles &
unread counts. Do I have to make multiple calls to achieve this? AFAIK,
I'll need to fetch `subscription/list` and then `unread-count`, and
cross-reference the two by id.

Building a feeds nav like the Google Reader sidebar

2012-05-08T16:20:42Z

Hello, I'm a bit confused about how to build a feeds nav similar to the
official Google Reader sidebar, which has the feeds by label/tag, unread
count, and any untagged feed subscriptions at the bottom. From looking at
the API, it looks like I would need to make multiple calls and combine this
data myself:

Long and Short form IDs

2012-05-04T21:21:43Z

Howdy All,
I have searched and searched and read much of what there is on the Google
Reader API but I am still unclear about long and short form item IDs. For
instance, if I retrieve item contents for a specific stream ID (say,
"reading-list"), I get long form item IDs. If I retrieve a list of item

Optimization of Entry Id Conversion

2012-05-04T08:33:28Z

Hello,

We are working on optimizing some of our Google Reader Mobile code.
After profiling, we noticed that in our current implementation, one of
the main bottlenecks is the conversion of the Google id into the entry
id. The transformation is performed in JS using BigInteger.js. The
code looks like this:

OAuth 2.0, CORS and the GR API

2012-04-28T15:13:03Z

Hi there,
I tried to take a whack at building GR client in JavaScript today. However,
I can't seem to get it to work with the modern JS authentication API [1] --
the older stuff seems to be deprecated, so I figured I'd try the new one.
First, the gapi.client.request() stuff seems to be limited to just

Removing tag from article fails in about 0,001%

2012-04-24T11:03:24Z

I'm the developer of GoodNews -- a Google reader client for Android. I use
the edit-tag request to allow the user to add and remove tags from
articles. This is working fine since more than a year now. But since around
March I am getting more and more error reports from users who are no longer
able to remove tags from certain articles and I am on my own are in the

JSON format feeds

2012-04-18T11:12:39Z

Hello, is it possible to receive the feeds in JSON format?
I've tried the Google Data Protocol method of adding ?alt=json to the end
of URL as detailed @ [link]
Also the format for public feeds using 'javascript' instead of 'atom':
[link]<feed>

Get Unread Content (and then listing) using Javascript (jQuery)

2012-04-03T01:44:08Z

Hi, i trying to create a google reader cliente (for learning purposes)
using only Javascript.
I recently implement the authentication process using oAuth2 .. now i
try to read the unread contents for one user

I try to do with this url

[link]

How to get short description (summary)

2012-03-30T09:47:44Z

When I am using Google Reader API to get entries from Atom or RSS
feeds I can get only long content (content tag) from entry, but I
need short description (summary tag in atom) too.
When playing with OAuth 2.0 Playground the result is the same. But
when loading entries straight from Feed url I can get both content

Unread Feed Id from ApiStreamItemsIds API

2012-03-14T16:47:08Z

Hi everyone,
I am using ApiStreamItemsIds API to fetch unread feed ids, like:
*
[link]
*
but the number of return feed ids is bigger than the unread count from

findFeeds more results or sort

2012-03-09T08:16:22Z

Hi,

does anybody know how to get more results than 10 from .findFeeds
method?
The google reader app can show more results by pressing "next page".
I'd like to have similar possibilities or at least get top 10 feeds
ordered by subscribers count. Are there any settings for .findFeeds
query (e.g. start_offset, order_by)?

Google alert feed url?

2012-02-27T19:57:44Z

Thank you again for this useful group and docs.

I was wondering how I can construct a google alert url and subscribe
to it as a feed using the apis?

Thank you for your reply.

Re: Google Reader API

2012-02-23T01:04:25Z

Hi Trevor,
I'm cc-ing the unofficial mailing list for the unofficial API, which is
unofficially the best place to ask questions.
No statistics are exposed directly via the API, but you can compute them
using other API calls. For example,
[link]

Any way to list Google bundles through the API?

2012-02-21T20:23:57Z

Google Reader shows 449 bundles that you can subscribe to (from the
'Brows for stuff' link). Does any body know of a way to lists these
bundles via the API? Or at the leaset list personal bundles I may have
created and added to my account?

Thanks!

Feed does not exist on Google?

2012-02-21T03:27:48Z

I have a specific parsing algorithm that expects feeds to be formated
the same way. I use google to do ensure that all my feeds have the
same XML structure. Usually I can take any feed url, for example this
one:

[link]

and append it to this google url:

Unread Counts for Certain Time Periods

2012-02-20T01:00:10Z

Hi everyone,

Right now, I'm fetching only the past X days of unread articles, but
am finding it difficult to figure out how many unread articles there
are in a stream for that period of time.

I've tried using the /unread-counts/ API call, which accurately gives
me unread counts for all streams, but doesn't appear to take an "ot"

data with oauth older than with clientlogin?

2012-02-13T20:59:49Z

Firstly, thank you for the unofficial docs and this group. It has been
very helpful.

I have been using the clientlogin mechanism and have been fetching
data successfully. I am trying to switch over to oauth and have been
comparing the outputs of both. The data fetched using oauth is always
older (by several hours) than that obtained using clientlogin for the

mark items read for a feed marking all articles read

2012-02-11T05:11:08Z

Has anyone run into this issue? I first saw it using mark-all-read for
a particular feed, that sometimes it would mark all unread articles as
read for my account. Then, I tried doing edit-tag with multiple
articles, sending all unread articles for the particular feed instead
of just sending mark-all-read. Unfortunately, I still see all articles

Get starred items that are not in subscribed feeds

2012-02-05T14:05:07Z

Hi
I tried getting all starred items that are not in a subscribed feed like
this:
[link]
but I got all starred items.
a) is that not supported? and
b) is there any other way to achieve something like that?

Retrieve starred items for a particular source with folder stream IDs

2012-01-29T18:18:41Z

This question is an extension of a previous question: How to retrieve
all starred items for one particular source?

I'm trying to get all starred items for a folder with a collection of
feeds. The problem is that the response from stream/items/ids only
returns the subscription ID in directStreamIds and doesn't return the