then there's the Portable Contacts API: http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/poco/1.0/developers_guide.html
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Julian (Google) <[email protected]> wrote: > > A new item in our FAQ: > http://code.google.com/apis/apps/faq.html#sharedcontactsexplained > > In Google Apps there are 3 different kind of contacts and each kind > has a different API: > > 1. Contacts: The Contacts Data API allows client applications to view > and update user's contacts, these contacts are unique to the user and > not shared with anyone else. Your client application can use the > Contacts Data API to create new contacts, edit or delete existing > contacts, and query for contacts that match particular criteria. For > more information visit: > http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/3.0/developers_guide.html > > 2. Profiles: The Profiles Data API allows client applications to > retrieve and update profile information for users in a Google Apps > domain, the profile information is shared with all users in the domain > if contact sharing is enabled. Also, the profile information can only > be modified by the domain administrators. Every user has a profile > even if it is never used and thus a profile cannot be inserted or > deleted. It is important to mention that profiles includes only users > of the domain, it does not include nicknames or groups (email lists). > For more information visit: > http://code.google.com/apis/apps/profiles/developers_guide_protocol.html > > 3. Shared Contacts: The Shared Contacts API allows client applications > to create, retrieve, delete and update contacts that are shared to all > users in a Google Apps domain, except for the domain's users (e.g. > [email protected]). Shared contacts are visible to all users of the > domain if contact sharing is enabled. It is important to mention that > shared contacts should be used to add contact information of the > domain's nicknames and groups (email lists). For more information > visit: > http://code.google.com/apis/apps/shared_contacts/gdata_shared_contacts_api_reference.html > > Regards, > --Julian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts 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-contacts-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
