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| alexxx.magni@gmail.com 2007-11-26, 8:07 am |
| Working on a project for a spider able to gather info for my books
list,
I read a bit of "Spidering Hacks" (OReilly) - which fortunately is all
in Perl.
I was deciding to use the Google API, so I looked also to "Google
Hacks".
Up to now I never registered for a Google API, so when going to the
place suggested by the book (http://www.google.com/apis/download.html)
I was redirected to http://code.google.com, where a huge number of
possible APIs are present.
Do you know where I have to look, to simply obtain the (authorization?
key?) to use the Google search api?
thanks!
Alessandro
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| Spiros Denaxas 2007-11-26, 8:07 am |
| On Nov 26, 10:28 am, "alexxx.ma...@gmail.com" <alexxx.ma...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Working on a project for a spider able to gather info for my books
> list,
> I read a bit of "Spidering Hacks" (OReilly) - which fortunately is all
> in Perl.
>
> I was deciding to use the Google API, so I looked also to "Google
> Hacks".
>
> Up to now I never registered for a Google API, so when going to the
> place suggested by the book (http://www.google.com/apis/download.html)
> I was redirected tohttp://code.google.com, where a huge number of
> possible APIs are present.
>
> Do you know where I have to look, to simply obtain the (authorization?
> key?) to use the Google search api?
>
> thanks!
>
> Alessandro
Hi,
which API does the book prompt you to use? AFAIK, Google has both a
SOAP and an AJAX version of their search API.
Their SOAP API is no longer open to new registrations and thus cannot
be used (unless of course you already have an SOAP API code).
The AJAX API page can be found at : http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/
You can register for a key at : http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html
Hope this helps,
Spiros
ps. You might also want to check out the GoogleHack proect,
http://google-hack.sourceforge.net/
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| alexxx.magni@gmail.com 2007-11-26, 8:07 am |
| From what I just read, SOAP was just what I needed - if only I had a
key, which I havent.
And AYAX if Javascript only, right? So I'm out of luck, with Perl -
damn!
Thank you for your help...
Alessandro
Spiros Denaxas ha scritto:
> On Nov 26, 10:28 am, "alexxx.ma...@gmail.com" <alexxx.ma...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> which API does the book prompt you to use? AFAIK, Google has both a
> SOAP and an AJAX version of their search API.
> Their SOAP API is no longer open to new registrations and thus cannot
> be used (unless of course you already have an SOAP API code).
>
> The AJAX API page can be found at : http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/
> You can register for a key at : http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Spiros
>
> ps. You might also want to check out the GoogleHack proect,
> http://google-hack.sourceforge.net/
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| Sherman Pendley 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:
> Do you know where I have to look, to simply obtain the (authorization?
> key?) to use the Google search api?
The same place you'd look to use their API from Ruby, Python, etc.
Did you have a Perl question?
sherm--
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| alexxx.magni@gmail.com 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| Yes, I had it, and other people kindly answered it.
Seriously, however, I don't see the reason for such narrowness of
mind...
I documented myself on Spidering Hacks, a Perl-only book on such kind
of programs, and intended to find a way to develop my own using a
Google <Perl> API.
If you believe this group forbids this kind of questions, it's your
opinion, and yours only
Best regards
Alessandro
Sherman Pendley ha scritto:
> "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:
>
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> The same place you'd look to use their API from Ruby, Python, etc.
>
> Did you have a Perl question?
>
> sherm--
>
> --
> WV News, Blogging, and Discussion: http://wv-www.com
> Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net
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| Ben Morrow 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| [top-posting fixed. don't do that]
Quoth "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com>:
> Sherman Pendley ha scritto:
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<snip>
> If you believe this group forbids this kind of questions, it's your
> opinion, and yours only
It's not Sherm's opinion only; see the section in the Posting Guidelines
called 'Question should be about Perl, not about the application area'.
Those guidelines were drawn up by general consensus among the regulars
here.
Ben
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| Sherman Pendley 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:
Upside-down, and quoting signatures. Please don't do that. Have you read
the posting guidelines that appear here frequently?
> Sherman Pendley ha scritto:
>
>
> Yes, I had it, and other people kindly answered it.
Yes, but that was another thread - and I was one of those people. :-)
My point was that the question in *this* thread has nothing to do with Perl.
Ruby, Python, C, Java, or any other programmers all obtain their Google keys
the same way - the procedure for doing so has nothing whatsoever to do with
the language with which you intend to use it.
> Seriously, however, I don't see the reason for such narrowness of
> mind...
It's simple. There are many Perl programmers here, and only a small subset
of us may have used Google's API. But, there's nothing Perl-specific about
obtaining a key; a programmer who's done so to use the key in his Ruby app
could help you just as well as anyone here.
By asking your Google questions in a language-neutral forum that's dedicated
to such questions, and your Perl questions in a forum that's dedicated to
those, you increase your chances of getting an answer.
> If you believe this group forbids this kind of questions, it's your
> opinion, and yours only
Actually, it's not. It's the group consensus, as documented in the posting
guidelines that appear here frequently. Have you read them?
sherm--
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| alexxx.magni@gmail.com 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| On 26 Nov, 17:27, Sherman Pendley <spamt...@dot-app.org> wrote:
> "alexxx.ma...@gmail.com" <alexxx.ma...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Upside-down, and quoting signatures. Please don't do that. Have you read
> the posting guidelines that appear here frequently?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yes, but that was another thread - and I was one of those people. :-)
>
> My point was that the question in *this* thread has nothing to do with Perl.
> Ruby, Python, C, Java, or any other programmers all obtain their Google keys
> the same way - the procedure for doing so has nothing whatsoever to do with
> the language with which you intend to use it.
>
>
> It's simple. There are many Perl programmers here, and only a small subset
> of us may have used Google's API. But, there's nothing Perl-specific about
> obtaining a key; a programmer who's done so to use the key in his Ruby app
> could help you just as well as anyone here.
>
> By asking your Google questions in a language-neutral forum that's dedicated
> to such questions, and your Perl questions in a forum that's dedicated to
> those, you increase your chances of getting an answer.
Probably then it's my mistake.
I often asked for help/advice in this group, since I use Perl heavily,
and it seldom let me down - I used to feel rather at home here.
Granted, I agree that my question was not related to <perl> per se,
but to a <perl API>, but I failed to see it as a big problem - I wasnt
spamming (I posted on comp.lang.perl.misc only) and I believed the
*misc leaf allowed this.
Alessandro
>
> Actually, it's not. It's the group consensus, as documented in the posting
> guidelines that appear here frequently. Have you read them?
>
> sherm--
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| Sherman Pendley 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:
> Probably then it's my mistake.
Don't lose sleep over it - it wasn't a very big one. :-)
> I often asked for help/advice in this group, since I use Perl heavily,
> and it seldom let me down - I used to feel rather at home here.
Please feel free to continue feeling that way! Granted, my first "did you
have a Perl question" was kind of snarky, and I apologize for that. But I
honestly intended to be helpful - it's my opinion that choosing the right
group for a question is as critical a research skill as choosing the right
keywords for a Google search.
sherm--
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| alexxx.magni@gmail.com 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| On 26 Nov, 20:07, Sherman Pendley <spamt...@dot-app.org> wrote:
> "alexxx.ma...@gmail.com" <alexxx.ma...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Don't lose sleep over it - it wasn't a very big one. :-)
>
>
> Please feel free to continue feeling that way! Granted, my first "did you
> have a Perl question" was kind of snarky, and I apologize for that. But I
> honestly intended to be helpful - it's my opinion that choosing the right
> group for a question is as critical a research skill as choosing the right
> keywords for a Google search.
>
Well, thank you for the kind words, I feel better!
Alessandro
P.S. still unsure, however, which would have been the right
group??? ;-)
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| Sherman Pendley 2007-11-26, 7:13 pm |
| "alexxx.magni@gmail.com" <alexxx.magni@gmail.com> writes:
> P.S. still unsure, however, which would have been the right
> group??? ;-)
If you go to the list of Google APIs here:
<http://code.google.com/more/>
When you click the name of the API on the list to the left, a list of
resources related to that API appears on the right. It looks to me like
most of them have groups; I don't know if those groups are GG-only, or
if the major usenet providers are also carrying them.
sherm--
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