You don't have to register your application. I believe the thing you are seeing is they want you to register your domain if you are using AuthSub so you can make secure (SSL) API requests:
https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageDomains Charging money for your application should be fine so long as you follow the various conditions in the terms. Cheers, -Jeff On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Terence <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > Thank you for your prompt reply. This really helps a lot! > > I do, however, have one remaining question. I've read and re-read the > terms, but I can't determine if I'm in the clear charging money for my > application. It seems that the terms are asking me to somehow register > my app if it's commercial in nature. > > If that's the case, could you point me to the URL at which I'd be able > to do that, please? > > Thanks, > > Terence > > On Dec 16, 2:19 pm, "Jeff Fisher (Google)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Terence, > > > > You want the featured photos feed: > > > > http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/reference.html#Feeds > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/projection/featured > > > > It's not quite random, they are specially selected. I also believe > > they are only refreshed every so often. > > > > #2 - You can read our Terms here: > http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/terms.html > > > > #3 - The featured photos feed does not require authentication. As far > > as terms compliance goes, as long as you are just browsing you do not > > need to force each user to log into their Picasaweb account. (It's > > when they start uploading photos that we really want them to have > > their own accounts.) > > > > #4 - Nope. > > > > #5 - Depends on what language you want to write this in. We have a > > number of developer guides in different languages (Java, .NET, PHP, > > Python) that use our provided client libraries: > > > > http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/developers_guide_protocol.html > > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff > > > > On Dec 16, 8:22 am, Terence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > Please forgive me if these questions have already been answered; if > > > they have, I haven't found the answers or don't know the correct terms > > > to use when searching. > > > > > I am developing an application for the iPhone, which wants to download > > > a random image every, say, 5-10 minutes. Since I specifically want > > > randomness, I just want to be able to pull from thehttp:// > picasaweb.google.com/lh/explore > > > image set. This much, I believe I can do from reading the posts here. > > > (Please correct me if that's wrong!) > > > > > However, what I'm not clear on is whether or not I can do this without > > > requiring the end user to log in. I'm perfectly happy to register my > > > application in some fashion so that users don't have to log in, but > > > all of the talk on registering an application seems to focus on web > > > apps, which this is not. > > > > > To summarize: > > > > > 1. Can I pull random images from thehttp:// > picasaweb.google.com/lh/explore > > > image set? > > > > > 2. Can I do this in an application which will be licensed to users for > > > a fee? > > > > > 3. Can I do this without requiring individual users to log in each > > > time they use the application? > > > > > 4. Do I have to register my application somehow? Where? > > > > > 5. (Bonus question) Is there a bit of sample code anywhere that'd be a > > > helpful place to start with this? > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > Terence > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Picasa Web Albums 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-Picasa-Data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
