Google Data APIs Samples

This page provides links and information about sample code.

Contents

JavaScript samples

The JavaScript client library can be used from web browsers to interact with the Calendar Data API ,Blogger Data API and Contacts Data API . Full read/write capabilities are available using the AuthSub authentication method.

Google Calendar

Basic unauthenticated query sample using Google Calendar

This read-only sample demonstrates how to query public calendar feeds.

Managing meeting notes using Google Calendar

This sample demonstrates full read/write capabilities using the JavaScript client library in a web browser to manage meeting notes. The user is authenticated using AuthSub.

Birthday manager using Google Calendar

Keep track of the birthdays of your friends and family. This read/write sample adds birthdays to your primary Google Calendar as Calendar Gadgets and allows you to receive reminders of these important days. A Greasemonkey script is included to easily add the birthdays of your friends in Facebook. Authentication is performed using AuthSub.

CalendBlogger Google Calendar to Blogger publisher

Want to let all your blog readers know what you're up to in the next couple days? This sample allows you to publish events from your Google Calendar to your Blogger blog, using only client-side code and the JavaScript client library.

Blogger

Blogged Upon

This sample demonstrates using Google's AJAX Search API to retrieve blog entries of interest and allows you to comment about them on your own Blogger blog. This sample uses the Blogger data API and the JavaScript client library.

"Blog This" embedded blog editor

Wouldn't it be great if people who read your webpage could post about it on their Blogger blogs without leaving your page? This sample shows how to write code using the JavaScript client library which does just that. It also includes a snippet of code which you can use in your website to enable this functionality.

CalendBlogger Google Calendar to Blogger publisher

Want to let all your blog readers know what you're up to in the next couple days? This sample allows you to publish events from your Google Calendar to your Blogger blog, using only client-side code and the JavaScript client library.

blog.gears offline client for Blogger using Google Gears

One of the major features of Google Gears is the ability to write dynamic webpages which work offline using JavaScript and a local database. This sample uses Gears to allow creating, editing and deleting posts while offline. See this YouTube video/screencast and this presentation about how the JavaScript client library and Google Gears enable this sample.

blog.press JavaScript Blogger client

This sample enables creating, editing and deleting blog posts while online, using only client-side code and the JavaScript client library. The interface for blog.press is very similar to blog.gears above, but works without Google Gears being installed.

Contacts

Friend Picker

This sample demonstrates displaying a list of contacts received from a user's GMail contact list using the Google Data JavaScript client library in conjunction with the Google Contacts Data API.

JSON samples

These are live samples; click to view them. For more information, see Using JSON with Google Data APIs.

Upcoming events using JSON output from Calendar

This sample demonstrates displaying a list of upcoming calendar events from a Google Calendar on a web page using the JSON output format provided by the Calendar Data API.

Recent posts using JSON output from Blogger

This sample demonstrates displaying a list of recent posts from a blog hosted on Blogger Beta using the JSON output format provided by the Blogger Data API.

Results from Google Base using JSON output

This sample demonstrates displaying query results from the Google Base API snippets and attributes feeds using the JSON output format.

Reading spreadsheets using JSON output

This sample demonstrates displaying data from a Google Spreadsheet on a web page using the JSON output format provided by the Spreadsheet Data API.

Sample Using JSON output to populate a Simile Timeline widget

This sample shows how to use Google Calendar as an event source for a Simile Timeline widget. Now you can display your calendar data in a snazzy AJAX timeline!

Java samples

These samples can be found in the downloadable Java client library package. For more information, see the Java client library developer's guide, or download the Java client library.

java/sample/authsub/

GData AuthSub proxy, implemented using Java servlets; sample JavaScript client that accesses data through the proxy.

java/sample/calendar/

Simple client that performs several hardwired manipulations on a Google Calendar.

java/sample/codesarch/

Command line client to query the Google Code Search data API.

java/sample/spreadsheet/

Sample apps using Google Spreadsheet API.

java/sample/appsforyourdomain/

Sample apps using Google Apps API.

java/sample/blogger/

Sample apps using Blogger API.

java/sample/contacts/

Sample apps using Google Contacts API.

java/sample/docs/

Sample apps using Google Doclist API.

java/sample/health/

Sample apps using Google Health API.

java/sample/gbase/

Sample apps using Google Base API.

java/sample/photos/

Sample apps using Picasa Web Album API.

java/sample/webmastertools/

Sample apps using Webmaster API.

java/sample/youtube/

Sample apps using YouTube API.

.NET samples

These samples can be found in the downloadable .NET client library package. For more information, see the .NET client library developer's guide, or download the .NET client library.

clients/cs/samples/blogger/

Sample apps using Blogger API.

clients/cs/samples/calendar/

Sample apps using Google Calendar Data API.

clients/cs/samples/codesearch/

Sample apps using Google Code Search API.

clients/cs/samples/gbase/

Sample apps using Google Base API.

clients/cs/samples/spreadsheets/

Sample apps using Google Spreadsheet API.

clients/cs/samples/DocListUploader/

Sample apps using Google Doclist API.

clients/cs/samples/PhotoBrowser/

Sample apps using Picasa Web Album API.

clients/cs/samples/YouTubeSample/

Sample apps using YouTube API.

clients/cs/samples/appsforyourdomain/

Sample apps using Google Apps API.

clients/cs/samples/health/

Sample apps using Google Health API.

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