G Suite Developer Newsletter
 
December 2017
 
 
 
Calendar API now with better Hangouts support
 
 
Calendar API now with better Hangouts support
 
The Calendar API now lets you read conference data associated with events, copy that data from one event to another and even request new conference generation for an event.
 
Check it out ->
 
 
 
Deprecating the Realtime API
 
 
Deprecating the Realtime API
 
We're deprecating the Realtime API in favor of more performant and flexible cloud-based storage solutions like Google Cloud SQL, Firebase and Google Cloud Firestore. Read more about migration options here.
 
We got you covered ->
 
 
 
 
 
API & Tooling news
 
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
 
Next Extended, various dates and locations