API key to sync chrome bookmarks

[Changbin Shao]

Hi,

I'm developing an Android app which has a feature to import Chrome bookmarks from the system google account.

From Chromium's implementation of syncing bookmark, I found it requires an API key for the sync request, and using the default dummy token ("dummytoken") works perfectly on Android devices.
https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/sync/engine_impl/syncer_proto_util.cc?sq=package:chromium&dr=C&rcl=1481516319&l=374  

However, it looks that developers must set the API key to access Google API,
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chromium-dev/Qks4W0xLxqc/discussion

official page:

http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys

 

My question is that, on Android, is it a correct way to set a dummy token as API key to the sync server? If that’s true, does the sync API has any request times restriction on dummy token and
can I distribute my app on Google play store with the dummy token?

Thanks!

Regards,
Changbin      

[PhistucK]

I am not sure what dummytoken is, but in order to use Chrome Sync, you have to have a real API key, as far as I know.

However, you cannot use it for anything other than Chrome development, as the API Keys page says. And yes, it is rate limited.

☆PhistucK

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[Changbin Shao]

phistuck@, thanks for the comments!

The dummy token is just a string named "dummytoken" 

https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/google_apis/google_api_keys.cc?q=dummytoken&sq=package:chromium&l=31&dr=C

Do you mean even for a real API key, it's still rate limited, right? Is there any way to apply for an unlimited rate API key? Thanks!

[PhistucK]

I think you have to contact Google as a partner or something like that.

Perhaps the Opera people can share their experience.

☆PhistucK

[Michał Łowicki]

Opera has its own sync / auth servers.

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BR,
Michał

[PhistucK]

Can Opera use the Chrome Web Store (for installing applications, they require a signed user, I think, though less worrying since Chrome applications will be limited to Chromebooks anyway)?

☆PhistucK