using the suggestQueries jsonp API

[ethan]

Hi,

I want to add auto-complete functionality to a "powered by google"
search bar in my webpage.
I saw many references in developers's forums to the
suggestqueries.google.com JSONP API:
http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?qu=QUERY&callback=CALLBACK_FUNC&_=1270984101898

There are many turorials for using that API, some of them in google
groups forums, and many sites use it.

I want my website to be 100% compliant with the google terms of
service. I haven't seen any terms of service documentation relating
directly to the usage of the suggestions API and to any restrictions
that might apply to it.
Can anyone point to a reference to such a document, or a certified
answer about the terms?

Thanks,

Ethan

[Jeremy Geerdes]

Sadly, I have never seen a TOS for the Suggest API that you mention (and believe me, I've searched). Quite simply, Google does not provide any terms by which we can use it. By default, this means that we are not allowed to do so. There has been a feature suggestion on the AJAX APIs issue tracker for some time. The best thing I can suggest is that you star that to tell the dev team and others at Google that you want it. Believe it or not, they actually do pay attention to that to prioritize their work load. Here's the link to the issue:

http://code.google.com/p/google-ajax-apis/issues/detail?id=26

Jeremy R. Geerdes
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Des Moines, IA

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