I am programmatically accessing private spreadsheet data from a Java servlet using the GoogleService extension of com.google.gdata.client.Service. EG I call service.setUserCredentials(username, password) with appropriate data and then get the Spreadsheet feed form the service via: service.getFeed(factory.getSpreadsheetsFeedUrl(),SpreadsheetFeed.class);
I've done some cursory googling and FAQ searching, and I can't seem to find the answer to this question: Is the authentication handled in a secure fashion? IE, at the very least, is the PWD/UID sent encrypted? I was about to start seeing if I could run down the source code, but I figured this would be a better first start. Sorry if this question is considered noobish :-) I did *really* enjoy coding up the sheet reader using the data API. Excellent work to whoever is responsible. A real joy to use.
