(1) circumvention and automation, yes; i wouldn't say "real-time" -- especially with respect to the products item-type.
(2) similar -- but they are not the same; for some api's there's no xml involved -- however, the underlying stored-data is xml. (3) it depends on which client-api is used and how. for batch-inserts yes -- you might store a file containing a series of xml batch-inserts; other client-api's use functions-calls to insert items without files; all the api's use http. (4) i would start with a set of requirements and this link: http://code.google.com/apis/base/index.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Base-data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
