The Application Programming Interface (API) provided by Google to interact with their products using the command line or within a software.

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Webapp to delete certain Gmail messages older than n days?

I need to delete certain Gmail messages older than n days (I can get the whole set though a search string). I know this is not possible directly within Gmail (see for instance this question) so I am ...
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Google Apps for Business Docs Backup

Is there a way to backup the entire organisations documents locally? We aren't so much worried about data loss as we are access: what happens if our internet connection goes down? (and it has in the ...
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In Google Spreadsheets how do I restrict input when the number of entries for a condition are met?

I am using a Google spreadsheet to gather the Registration form entries for our tournament. We can only have 10 teams per age group. How do I "close" the Registration when the number of entries for ...
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How do popular iPhone RSS clients sync subscriptions with Google Reader? [closed]

Feedler and Mobile RSS have served me well in browsing my RSS subscription content that I added in Google Reader. What API are these apps using to get the list of subscriptions? I want to create my ...
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Unauthenticate Google OAuth connections

I authorized access to my account by an application that turned out to not work. Now I want to remove the authorization in case it was malicious. How could I do this?
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Is there a Google hangout button on iPhone?

The new Google hangout button enables to embed hangouts on websites, but it is not supported by iPhone. Google + iPhone app enables hangouts with iPhone devices. Is there a way to use a hangout on ...
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How to sort Google Scholar search results by number of citations?

There appears to be no way to sort Google Scholar search results by any field. If somebody has figured out a way to do so, please share.
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Question about several Google Maps query string fields

Given the following Google Maps query string, http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&tab=ll&hnear=washington+dc&q=1600%20pennsylvania%20avenue, What do the following fields mean? ...
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How to get a message count set to group in Google Apps

My company uses Google Apps for domains. Our email is a customized Gmail address. We have several groups set up—i.e. support@mycompany.com, which is a group containing the email addresses of several ...
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Importing contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook

I need to import my contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook and many more. I am aware of the Google APIs. Are there any libraries which allow me to import all the contacts or should I dirty ...
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Download Google App email not using POP or IMAP

I just recently graduated from a college and want to download my emails. The college uses Google apps however they do not allow IMAP or POP. I have emailed the school about this but they are not ...
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How to get Google search results in a simpler format?

Google search requires a JS enabled web browser to display the results. But I want a simple XML or JSON format, so my app can parse it. I looked into Web Search API but it is deprecated. I looked ...
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Why doesn't Google Maps API show maps in Israel?

I wish to use Google Maps API in my website to embed a map of Israel with details of roads and streets. However, when I use it, I cannot see any road details, even that such information is available ...
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Is there a wrapper around gmail tasks API?

I would like to write an app that displays and manages gmail tasks. There's a couple on Android but none on Windows Phone 7. The Android ones are not open source and there's no official ...
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Google Storage for Developers, Free?

I just got an invite to Google Storage for Developers. https://code.google.com/apis/storage/ I don't know whether or not to except it, because I'm confused as to whether or not a cost is involved. ...
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Google Spreadsheets Data Management

I am looking for a way to manage the input of some data in Google Spreadsheets. Before I roll up my sleeves and write a new UI using the Google API I thought I would see if there was anything out ...