Google+ API Shutdown
On March 7, 2019, all Google+ APIs will be shut down. This will be a progressive shutdown beginning in late January, with calls to these APIs starting to intermittently fail as early as January 28, 2019.
On or around December 20, 2018, developers should receive an email listing recently used Google+ API methods in their projects. Whether or not an email was received, we strongly encourage developers to search for and remove any dependencies on Google+ APIs from their applications...
https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown
https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown
On March 7, 2019, all Google+ APIs will be shut down. This will be a progressive shutdown beginning in late January, with calls to these APIs starting to intermittently fail as early as January 28, 2019.
On or around December 20, 2018, developers should receive an email listing recently used Google+ API methods in their projects. Whether or not an email was received, we strongly encourage developers to search for and remove any dependencies on Google+ APIs from their applications...
https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown
https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown
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ReplyDeleteso like what is an api?? how will they affect us?
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ReplyDeleteforty winks en.wikipedia.org - Application programming interface
ReplyDeleteLet's keep this productive and substantive, people. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteforty winks unless you use a custom client, rather than the official Google+ app, it should most likely not affect you.
ReplyDeleteAPIs in short are ways for servers and clients (computer programmes) to communicate with each other via a clearly defined protocol.
It will affect developers such as me, who write their own tools to add additional data to their Takeout archives.
Strongly recommend reading Peggy K's summary.
ReplyDeleteplus.google.com - Update on the Google+ API for developers and webmasters: shut down March 7, "...
Also the official statements.
https://developers.google.com/+/api-shutdown
https://developers.google.com/+/integrations-shutdown
If you have a +1 button or a G+ Share button or a G+ Follow me button on your website they will stop working. Or if you've built or use G+ Signin. It's not just the programmers API that will close on 7-Mar.
Does this mean that exporting/apps and services that directly retrieve your data are going to begin to fail in January?
ReplyDeleteDrew McCarthy yes
ReplyDeleteThanks to Julian Bond, Dr. Morbeus, and Peggy K - + for this. (Forwarded )
ReplyDeleteDrew McCarthy the G+ Exporter will keep working until the G+ website is shut down.
ReplyDeletemedium.com - All about Google+ Exporter – Google Plus Exporter – Medium
Alois Bělaška ... though if user profiles and/or Communities are deleted, you might find it sucking wind.
ReplyDeleteBut at least the tool itself will work.
Edward Morbius I am not sure I understand, what's on your mind?
ReplyDeleteAlois Bělaška Several people -- Ed S among therm, are concerned about being able to archive data before other users they've engaged with have left and deleted their profiles, which makes comments from them on your own posts, your own comments on their posts, and posts to community spaces, disappear.
ReplyDeleteSomething I've learned, checking earlier profiles I've sampled, is that simply having an active G+ account is a strong predictor for that account not existing in the future. Far stronger than having an inactive account. (Paradoxical, but it makes sense if you think about it: active users are more likely to either get discouraged and take action, or run afoul of Google's policies, and get kicked.)
Having a usable archive tool in the last days of G+ will be useful. But if there's no data (or key data missing), not as useful as it might otherwise be.
Archive early and often, as they say.
Edward Morbius oh that makes sense. It's a real problem, better to backup data now while still available.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update BTW Alois Bělaška - I've paid my money and I'm archiving my communities now!
ReplyDeleteEd S that's amazing, I am so glad I can help.
ReplyDeleteWhat happen with G+?
ReplyDeleteAhmad Fadhli It will be shut down in April 2019:
ReplyDeleteblog.google - Expediting changes to Google+
... which I'd expect you to know based on your having reshared a post on just that topic five weeks ago:
https://plus.google.com/113066948290172985422/posts/VeisXoAMFwR