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Today Google launched the beginnings of an API for the company’s Google+ social network. APIs allow outside developers to connect with and build applications on top of web services like Facebook, Twitter and now Google+. In fact much of the success of Twitter and Facebook is a result of both services’ developer APIs. If Google+ is to have any hope of catching its competitors it needs a strong API. Unfortunately what Google has unveiled so far isn’t much of an API. The current version of the Google+ API limits developers to read-only access of public posts. If you were hoping to see apps <a href="http://www.nfljerseys-supply.com/"><strong>NFL jerseys wholesale</strong></a> that tracked your circles or allowed you to post from a <a href="http://www.nfljerseys-supply.com/ "><strong>Authentic nfl jerseys </strong></a> desktop app the new API will leave you wanting. As it stands, the Google+ API is little more than an easier, officially-sanctioned way to screen scrape public Google+ posts. Google is aware of the APIs shortcomings, calling it a “first step,” and plans to expand the Google+ API in the future. Presumably the first order of business will be adding write-access so that outside apps can interact with Google+ rather than simply consuming Google+ posts. Of course if you’ve been trying to add Google+ support to your app without these APIs, you can throw away your HTML parsers and enjoy RESTful methods that return JSON to a properly authenticated app (the authentication is handled by OAuth 2). Google has also released a set of client libraries for Python, Ruby, PHP and other popular <a href="http://www.nfljerseys-supply.com/"><strong>kids nfl jerseys</strong></a> languages. It’s limited at the moment, but if you’d like to get started now, so you know what’s going on when the full-featured version arrives, head on over to the Google+ Platform Blog which has a short tutorial and plenty of sample code to get you rolling. See Also: Google Code Finally Adds Git Support Google Adds Pagination Tools to its Bag of Indexing Tricks Epicenter: Google+ Identity Crisis: What's at Stake With Real Names and Privacy