Spiffy apps use the Google Base API
March 13th, 2007 | Published in Google Code
Over the past few months, I've seen some great applications that use
the Google Base API. It seems like quite a few developers have begun
leveraging the massive amounts of data that Google Base makes
available. Here are a couple of my personal favorites.
Semantic Searcher
Semantic Searcher provides an interface to browse or search
through the items in Google Base. What I like most about
Semantic Searcher is that it displays the Google Base query in the search box.
Each query generates a two-column results page with information
from the snippets feed on the right and the attributes feed on
the left. If you click on one of the attributes, the attribute
value pair is added to the query and you can see how to build up
detailed queries using the query language. It's a great way to learn
how to construct API queries. Kudos to Paul for creating an app that
is both educational and useful.
Gumiyo
This website turns your mobile phone into a platform for listing
classifieds. The ability to browse listings on the go from your phone
and set up alerts to notify you of new items that match your query
makes this application a winner in my book. I'm eager to see what else
Shuki will come up with.
And More...
There are quite a few great apps out there that I haven't mentioned,
and they cover everything from finding concert tickets to job postings
to real estate. You can see some more examples of mashups using
Google Base on Programmable Web or on the list of Google Base sample apps.
These applications get me excited, but I think the Google Base API still has
a great deal of untapped potential. Perhaps these projects have
sparked an idea and you'd like to learn more about the API. If so,
check out the demo page and get started.
If you are interested in other GData APIs be sure to check out the GData homepage on Google Code for updated news and information about Google's data APIs.
Jeffrey Scudder - The GData Team
the Google Base API. It seems like quite a few developers have begun
leveraging the massive amounts of data that Google Base makes
available. Here are a couple of my personal favorites.
Semantic Searcher
Semantic Searcher provides an interface to browse or search
through the items in Google Base. What I like most about
Semantic Searcher is that it displays the Google Base query in the search box.
Each query generates a two-column results page with information
from the snippets feed on the right and the attributes feed on
the left. If you click on one of the attributes, the attribute
value pair is added to the query and you can see how to build up
detailed queries using the query language. It's a great way to learn
how to construct API queries. Kudos to Paul for creating an app that
is both educational and useful.
Gumiyo
This website turns your mobile phone into a platform for listing
classifieds. The ability to browse listings on the go from your phone
and set up alerts to notify you of new items that match your query
makes this application a winner in my book. I'm eager to see what else
Shuki will come up with.
And More...
There are quite a few great apps out there that I haven't mentioned,
and they cover everything from finding concert tickets to job postings
to real estate. You can see some more examples of mashups using
Google Base on Programmable Web or on the list of Google Base sample apps.
These applications get me excited, but I think the Google Base API still has
a great deal of untapped potential. Perhaps these projects have
sparked an idea and you'd like to learn more about the API. If so,
check out the demo page and get started.
If you are interested in other GData APIs be sure to check out the GData homepage on Google Code for updated news and information about Google's data APIs.
Jeffrey Scudder - The GData Team