G Suite Developer Newsletter
August, 2018
 
 
 
Next stop: Tokyo and London
 
 
Next stop: Tokyo and London
Next is going local, bringing thousands of attendees, partners and developers under one roof to imagine, learn and build together. Join us in Tokyo (Sept 19 -20) or London (Oct 10 -11). Registration is free :)
Tokyo
September 19th - 20th
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London
October 10th - 11th
REGISTER FOR LONDON 
 
 
 
 
 
API & Tooling news
Deprecation: Gmail Contextual Gadgets Deprecation—We are planning to shut down all Gmail contextual gadgets on August 1st, 2018. Gmail Add-ons will satisfy many of the same needs as contextual gadgets while offering you a better developer experience, cross-platform support, and more stability.
 
Launched: G Suite Pre-integrated SAML Apps Catalog—Added single-sign on access to 25 new applications such as Adobe Sign, Envoy, and Uservoice.
 
Launched: Slides API Codelab—Our new Codelab walks you through an example of how to use the Slide and BigQuery APIs to scrape data from a source and "present it" with just a few lines of code.
 
Launched: New security protections to reduce risk from unverified apps—These additional protections introduce bolder warnings to inform users about newly created web apps and Apps Scripts that are pending verification.
 
Launched: Manage legal matters and holds programmatically with the Google Vault API—The Vault API allows to programmatically create, list, update, and delete matters and holds for data supported by Vault.
 
Launched: Google People API now supports updates to Contacts and Contact Groups—The new endpoints allow developers to create, delete and update a single contact as well as to read and write contact groups.
 
Launched: Updated Developer Identity Guidelines and Registration Processes to Protect Users—These new guidelines cover the app publishing process, risk assessment systems, and user-facing consent page in order to better detect spoofed or misleading application identities.
 
Launched: New Google Drive Metrics Now Accessible from Reports API—The new metrics methods provide greater visibility into how files are shared inside and outside of domain.
 
Launched: Updates to End User Consent for 3rd-party Apps and Single Sign-on Providers—We are implementing a new redirect form to make it clear to users which account they are authenticating with, as well as the permissions they are granting to applications.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Where to find us
Dreamforce, San Francisco, CA Sept 25 - 28
Evans Data Developer Marketing Summit, San Jose, CA Sept 17-18
GDG Fresno, Fresno, CA Oct 20
GDG Cloud Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Oct 21
Angular Connect, London, Nov 11
 
 
 
 
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