If you have an existing datafeed for your store why not just automate that ? For 99% of stores i manage datafeeds for its more than enough. The API IMHO is there only for when datafeed submittal is not enough.
Tom Wilson Freelance Google Base Developer and Consultant www.tomthedeveloper.com Google Base Tools - http://dev.tomthedeveloper.com/googlebase Featured Project : http://google-code-featured.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-base-competitor-analysis.html On Mar 14, 9:27 am, Celebird <[email protected]> wrote: > you need an application that can send data using http. > > no -- ftp can send data-feed-files but ftp and > data-feed-files have little to do with the api. > > the item-type determines what data to send, > what attributes and values are required per-item, > and the data's > format.http://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=59451 > > google's protocol determines what request to send, > what url and http methods are required per-command, > and the request's format. > > one reason the api's exist is to hide details -- > such as what xml to send or how to send http. > > the google-base-data api client-libraries send xml using http. > > each client-library has api calls for authenticating, > inserting, updating, deleting, and searching for items; > they send both the command-requests and item-type data. > > there's a lot of xml under-the-hood -- > so be careful which xml in which context. > e.g. > - xml item-type data (attributes and values). > > - xml requests sent for authentication, > insert, delete, update, query and the > xml returned for each. > > - xml-batch commands. > > - xml data-feed-files for upload -- > which have little to do with the api; > > if you want to send the raw-xml requests and item-type data > then almost any application that can send data using http > should do -- e.g. curl, php. > > because http/rest is such a common protocol, knowing the > details helps when using methods other than google api's > or for application design and debugging. > > i believe it's a good thing to understand that there > are xml and http details -- if for no other reasons > than creating better solutions and better debugging; > but, the api's can hide many of these details. > ### --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
