3.2.2 Google Base Data API

3.2.2 Google Base Data API

Google Base Data API is another way for programmers who want to write client applications that interact with Google Base. With the query like this:

http://base.google.com/base/feeds/snippets?bq=query&key=xxxxxxx

The value of “bq” is the input query and the value of “key” is a unique ID provided by Google after registered in Google. The result is returned in clean XML format. However, there are still some limits, with the same query, Google Base Data API returns different results compared to its original web interface.

Figure3. 7 Google Base Data API snippet