On Mar 27, 2:36 pm, AN <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry, I'll clarify. Maybe we're referring to two different things.
>
> 1. I'm referring to google spreadsheet only, not any any other docs.
> Only the Spreadsheet UI allows 'editable' for all (i.e. anyone on the
> Internet). Described
> here:http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=96346&topic=15169
>
> 2. This is how I do it - Open Spreadsheet, click on "Share", Click
> "Share with the world", then Select "Let people edit without signing
> in".
>
> So in this case, no login should be required. And it works but a bit
> randomly as outlined above. Looks like if you have 'some' google
> cookies - it works. Even if these are not authentication related
> cookies. Sounds funny.
>
> 3. And now - the steps in #2 are what I want to do through an API
> call.
I don't believe this is possible with the API's ACL operations.
>
> Any insight will be very helpful. Thanks again!!
>
> On Mar 27, 3:01 pm, Eric Bidelman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you clear browser cookies, you'll always be repromptedwith a login.
> > That's expected.
>
> > Sorry if I wasn't clear...
> > Adding 'everyone' as a collaborator is everyone on your
> > Google Apps domain, not the world. Authentication is still
> > required to verify the visitor is a member of your domain.
> > The API doesn't allow making the document world-editable.
> > In face, I don't think that's even possible in docs.google.com.
>
> > Eric
>
> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:55 AM, AN <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Will open a bug. There seems to be a further issue. Wonder if they are
> > > related:
>
> > > Make spreadsheet editable by all from the browser window. Then try
> > > this:
>
> > > Case 1: iphone browser - always asks for login. Broken
> > > Case 2: IE, Chrome, Firefox - If cache cleared, always asks for login.
> > > Broken
> > > Case 3: IE, Chrome, Firefox - If browser has visited google sites but
> > > never logged in to any google site , works 90%. Seems some google
> > > cookie is expected in the request. Broken
> > > Case 4:Safari on Mac - not asked for login yet. Seems to work but it
> > > has a google search toolbar. Maybe that's getting some google cookies
> > > and it's like Case 3 above.
>
> > > Am I missing something here or is it a bug? A clarification will be
> > > really helpful.
>
> > > Thanks!!
>
> > > On Mar 25, 2:18 pm, Eric Bidelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I was able to POST or PUT an 'everyone' acl entry for docs:
>
> > > > <gAcl:role value="reader"/> <gAcl:scope type="user" value="everyone"/>
>
> > > > The same doesn't work for spreadsheets. The entry gets
> > > > created, but the role value is 'none':
> > > > <gAcl:role value="none"/> <gAcl:scope type="user" value="everyone"/>
>
> > > > Please open a bug:
> > >http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/entry?template=Documents...)
>
> > > > Eric
>
> > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:58 AM, AN <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Is it possible to make a spreadsheet editable by everyone using an API
> > > > > call?
>
> > > > > I tried giving full access to the 'everyone' user by setting the ACL
> > > > > but that didn't work. Any help appreciated.
>
>
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