Create and share Google Sites with new Sites Data API features
Several months ago
we launched the
Google
Sites Data API. Since then, we've worked hard to respond to your top feature
requests: the ability to list a user's sites, create new sites, copy existing sites, and
manage sharing permissions. Today, we are very excited to announce the release of the Site and
Access Control List feeds that make these new features possible.
The
Site feed allows your client to list sites and
update their properties, such as the title or the theme of the site. Google Apps users can
also create new sites. Because creating new sites often involves copying existing ones
(perhaps using a
site template), we've enabled that feature
too.
Here's an example of the kinds of applications you can build with
those features. Let's say you're a professor at a university and you'd like to create a Google
Site for each of the courses you teach. The Site feed makes it possible for you to create a
site course template, use the site feed to create several course sites, and personalize them
with the
content feed.
But what if
you want to restrict access to your sites to just the students taking those courses? With the
ACL (Access Control List) feed, you can manage
sharing permissions. Everything you can do in the Google Sites admin panel, you can do with
the API.
To get the full scoop, review the
documentation and
change log. We've loaded the
Java client library and
Python client library with the new
features, and offer
updated developer guides for both.
Visit
us in our
new developer forum if you have
questions!
By Laurent Tu & Eric Bidelman - Google Sites API
Team
