As just announced over on the Enterprise
blog, Google Docs now allows users to upload any type of file! Over the next couple
of weeks we’ll be rolling out the same feature in the Documents List Data
API. For now, uploading arbitrary files via the API will be restricted to Google
Apps Premier domains. For starters, each user gets 1GB of storage with a maximum size of 250
MB per file.
Combined with the shared
folders feature of Google Docs, we think this
new feature is a great way to build collaborative applications for exchanging files
with coworkers and external parties. No more email attachments!
In
addition to arbitrary file upload, we’re launching several top features requested by
developers:
Copy
a document - Make a duplicate of a document in a single call
Change
the owner of a document - While ACLs and sharing have been in the API for quite some
time, you can now change the ‘owner’ of a document.
Resumable
uploads - Offers the ability to pause/resume an upload. It’s ideal for large file
sizes.
Look for resumable upload support in the Java, Python, and
Objective-C client libraries in the near future. As always, if you have any questions, please
visit us in our
new developer forum.
