google-api

Simple VB.NET using Google Search API?

Can anyone point me to a good, simple, example of a Google API (AJAX Search API I suppose?) that can be implemented in VB.net (2008)? I have tried to sign up for a Google API key but it wants a URL from which the search will be executed from. I dont have a URL for this example. I tried http://localhost but then was told by a colleagu...

GoogleMaps getLatLng Did you mean suggestion

I am trying to integrate the function into a map where you can enter an address and it puts a marker on the map. But with Google Maps getLatLng if there is a slight error in the name of the address it doesn't work anymore is there a did you mean function? ...

Google Maps GeoCoding always uses browser language

I am using the google ajax api loader and want to get all the information in german so I am loading the maps api like this google.load("maps", "2", {language : "de"}); I have tried deu, ger, de, de_DE and even en and ja_JPbut no success. For those who don't understand my problem: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/5910/Jing/2008-11-24...

Does anyone use the Google Adwords API?

Hello all, I have been using the Google Adwords API for sometime, and i am starting to suspect that i have made an assumption. Does anyone know if the 'GetKeywordVariations' returns keywords in order of relevance? Comparing various keywords and their results with the Adwords website equivalent and I am seeing many differences. ...

How to post a Google Calendar in a web page without using <iframe>?

Google Calendar provides a way to insert your Google Calendar into a web page using an <iframe>. Is there a way to insert this data into a web page without having to use the <iframe>? I know that there are ways to do this using the Google API, but is there any way that I can put that code directly into my page without the need to use th...

Using google maps API with varied domains

Ok, so I have a site that uses the google maps API, and I want to serve it from more domains. The fact that the API key is tied to a domain greatly hinders my efforts on this front. Is there any solution more elegant than getting a key for every domain? ...

Get User Count for a Google Apps Domain

How do you get the total number of users in a Google Apps Domain? I'm aware of the "Retrieve All Users in Domain" call using the Google Provisioning API, but I'd rather not execute such an intensive call just to count up all the users. Is there a simpler way to do this? ...

Insert jQuery's UI into page using Google

Hey All, I currently use Google's API to include jQuery into my sites like this: <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"&gt;&lt;/script&gt; <script>google.load("jquery", "1.3.2");</script> How would I accomplish the same for the jQuery UI javascript and css files? ...

Commercial use of Google API

This question maybe a better fit on The Business of Software forum but despite my post on there, I'm still unable to determine the following: Can I use the Google API to build commercial software? If not how can the people behind Byline charge for their app? Update: I'm specifically interested in Google's Picasa & Reader APIs ...

jquery gzip google cached/expires

Hi, I use the google cdn url for getting the jquery / ui. But when I tested using YSlow I found that the both js/css is not gzip though other components from server were gzipped and had expries(it does a content modified check)..should i have to added anything in the url to let know the browser that it should cache../get the gzip conten...

How to order concurrent google image searches in order of execution?

Hi all I am not sure how to approach this problem. I have a function that is passed an array of HTML img elements. It loops through these images checking the SRC attribute for images using a blank "no image" thumb nail. It then executes an image search using the img tags ALT attribute as the query. The callback function on the search the...

Google weather api on a commercial project

Could i use the Google weather api in a commercial project, by just adding a "weather powered by google" link? ...

Automatic re-scaling of Y-axis in Google Visualization API / Annotated Time Line

Is there any way to force the Annotated Time Line graph to automatically change scale on the Y-axis when the user zooms in on a range of dates? Check example below, and note that the value ("price") for 2009-10-09 is about two magnitudes larger than the other values. When the user zooms in on e.g. 2009-10-01 -- 2009-10-08, the Y-axis is...

trying to find application settings file used by configurationmanager in google data api sample C# client

Given this set of code: unitTestConfiguration = (IDictionary) ConfigurationManager.GetSection("unitTestSection"); where can you determine which project this file should exist in. I am trying to run a bunch of unit tests but they are failing because it can't find any file ...

Google Weather API "Conditions"

Anyone know of all the possible weather conditions Google's API will put out? I've got to match up my icons to the forecast, and I can't find a list of conditions. ...

How to create ads using google adwords API?

Basically, I have a list of keywords, such as: - red balloons - free red balloons - buy red balloons - blue balloons - .... for each keyword, I have a list of 3-4 ads, each ad consisting of a title, line 1, line 2, and a url, e.g: Title: Free red balloons! Line 1: Buy free red balloons right now! Line 2: No hidden fees...

How to customize the legend in Google Chart?

Hi, I need to specify labels (and associated colors) of a legend NOT in the same order as my data sets. Actually I have only one data set but I display my bar chart with 2 colors. Indeed, my dataset is an ordered value score associated to a person. If this person is from Group1, then the bar is displayed in blue otherwise it is displ...

Google Location API vs. Maps: Why are identical queries yielding different results?

I'm losing some hair over Google's AJAX API currently. What I do is turning structured location data into a Google local search API query in order to give users an alternative result list of places. ex.: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/local?v=1.0&amp;key=XXX&amp;hl=en_US&amp;mrt=localonly&amp;rsz=large&amp;q=pizza+Neus...

Using google shared contacts api locally and on GAE

Hi, I noticed something strange when creating shared contact using google contacts api. This is code i am using to create contact: def AddEmail(name ,email): new_contact = gdata.contacts.ContactEntry(title=atom.Title(text=name)) new_contact.email.append(gdata.contacts.Email(address=email, ...

Can I use google to determine vhosts on same IP?

Can I use google -- specifically i am thinking of the google ajax api -- to enumerate a list of host names of websites that are hosted on a particular IP address. Note Yes, I know that other mechanisms, such as MSN search and obviously DNS services can be used, but I am specificially looking for whether a google solution exists. ...