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title: "GData API for Google Base released"
date: 2006-08-22
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# GData API for Google Base released

![google base](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139im_/http://rww.readwriteweb.netdna-cdn.com/images/300.jpg)Google’s just [announced](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2006/08/new-gdata-api-google-base.html) a potentially significant update to its Google Base product, by releasing a data API for it. This essentially means Google is opening up [Google Base](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://base.google.com/), their database of structured content and home for [many different verticals](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=153) currently (jobs, vehicles, classified). The official blog post states:

> “We’re excited to announce the availability of the [Google Base data API](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://code.google.com/apis/base/ "Google Base data API"), which lets you write applications that dynamically interact with [Google Base](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://base.google.com/ "Google Base"). You can insert, edit, or delete items programmatically, complementing existing input means like the Google Base front-end or the [bulk upload mechanism](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://www.google.com/base/overview.html "bulk upload mechanism"). You can also query other users’ published content and access their items via the API. This enables you to create domain-specific search applications (or mash-ups) combining Google Base content with other services.”

[Via Michael Fagan](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://www.faganfinder.com/wp/2006/08/22/796/)

I just published an [excellent overview of Web APIs](https://web.archive.org/web/20111111202139/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_platform_primer.php) by Alex Iskold and he said that the new Google Base API competes with Amazon S3 – but is more powerful.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gdata_api_for_gbase.php))*