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
- Publishing documents - Programmatically publish a document to the world.
- 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.
Issues resolved in this release: 72, 1040, 1675, 1260, 1741, 1127
Congrats, Eric and team, on the release!
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This is the very first time I'm the owner of a feature request (issue 72) that is implemented...it took more than 2 years but it doesn't matter. Thanks a lot.
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Question: Can I serve these documents in read-only form to the world using its natural MIME type? For instance, if I upload a SVG file, can I publish it and have it served as image/svg+xml ?
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ReplyDeleteAny reason why the Python library hasn't been updated since v1.0?
ReplyDeleteA huge congratulations and thank you from Genentech!
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ReplyDeleteArbitrary file upload for individual gmail users and apps Enterprise.
ReplyDeleteBut not for Standard, Premier, Education or Partner Editions.
Boo :(
congratulations guys!..good stuff!
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Dissapointing that is is unavalabe for free accounts, was hoping for a DropBox alternative.
ReplyDeleteYea me too, The Baron...
ReplyDeleteIf I'm writing an app that uses the Document List Data API, how do I check to see if the user has a premier account that can accept any type of upload so that I can give appropriate error messages to non-premier users?
ReplyDelete"For now, uploading arbitrary files via the API will be restricted to Google Apps Premier domains" - So if I read this correctly the ability to bulk upload via the API will come to "regular" gmail users eventually - true?
ReplyDeleteGreat guys! I have a question though.. Can i somehow publish the folder i put my docs in, in a web page?
ReplyDeleteGreat job guys! I have a question though. Can a published folder be embeded in a web page?? I tried iframe embed but it didnt work.
ReplyDeleteVery much looking forward to this feature. Any word on its status?
ReplyDeletePlease release these API functions for non-paying users also - this is an excellent way of having my cron upload db backups to GoogleDocs :)
ReplyDeletewhen can non-paying users upload any file types? as well as allowing convert=false
ReplyDeleteThe upload api is somewhat pointless if regular user can't use those two features.
I agree with Khan and kgx, it would be enormously useful to have these features for all users. It might prompt many of them to pay for more storage. Regards!
ReplyDeleteIt's July, can non-paying users use this feature yet? I can upload any kind of file through the Web UI, but can I do it from the API?
ReplyDeleteFYI, many devs + users frustrated by API limitations here:
ReplyDeletehttp://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=2073
If you're frustrated, pls add your voice.
Anyone got a sample code for a document upload app in appspot?
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