Airbear Software has just released an API to Google Desktop, a free tool from Google to search your own computer. In short, the API allows access to Google Desktop through the command line. Results are outputted to a file formatted with either XML, CSV, or custom formatting. The API is implemented through Airbear Software's popular Google Desktop add-on, gdSuite, so the API also adds advanced search options to Google Desktop. Although the API is and will probably remain free, any developers wishing to use the API in their software must contact Airbear Software for permission and the redistributable version.
Google Desktop Search allows you to instantly find emails (from Outlook and Outlook Express), chats (in AOL and AOL Instant Message [AIM]), and web pages you've viewed in Internet Explorer. In addition, you can find any file by filename and can search inside Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files. However, before gdSuite and this API, users could only search from their web browsers.
Download: API Development Kit
View: API Documentation
View: Google Desktop Home Page
Google Desktop Search allows you to instantly find emails (from Outlook and Outlook Express), chats (in AOL and AOL Instant Message [AIM]), and web pages you've viewed in Internet Explorer. In addition, you can find any file by filename and can search inside Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files. However, before gdSuite and this API, users could only search from their web browsers.
Download: API Development Kit View: API Documentation View: Google Desktop Home Page
The API adds the following advanced search options to Google Desktop's basic search terms:
- date (within the last year, month, or week; or between two specific dates)
- item type (file, AIM, e-mail, or web page)
- file extension
- file name
- folder name (with subfolders on/off)
- what the web site address contains
- what a web site is titled
- who an e-mail is from
- the subject of an e-mail
- who an AIM conversation was with
- text in an item
i thought neowin was 100 percent legit...
What's so strange about this release?
That's what they need anyway -- to let developers make plugins to analyze file formats and extend GDS to index id3 tags, etc. So we don't just have to rely on them and hope they'll implement the proper file formats.
What was released... it's pretty much official... from the author site.
Problem is this is API for gdSuite (gdPlus), which is add-on to Google Desktop Search (GDS).
It is a nice add-on (version 1.1.2 as I have understood search inside PDF files)
It is not supported developed or release by Goooogle, and I repeat it's add-on to GDS,
and API of this add-on (gdSuite) not API of GDS was released.
So, It is official and not leaked, however NeoWebAdmin should change the title of this post
Sincerely,
Fedor
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While it is through my program gdSuite, it is designed to be standalone. However, the version that is publicly available is not as standalone as the redistributable; I haven't posted the redistributable because I want to keep track of who uses the API and be sure that the API doesn't fall into the wrong hands and get used for spyware/viruses.
Why thank you
I did not mean to upset you. I do believe that your program kicks @ss, and will kick even more in future...
and if I will be completely screwed my files up it would be the N1 choice. However
Well is GDS also made by you?... I do not know?
and is the code you released contain some of GDS code?... I doubt it even if the first is true...
So the post tittle should be changed in order not to confuse people...
9 out of 10 chances I missed your edit on your forums here about it's features
1 out of 10 - you had made this edit after reading my post here on NeoWIN...
Keep up your nice work
Also, I was blind too. I totally missed your first reply ( Dear Airbear, I did not mean to upset you) so I will reply now:
First off, I was not upset and it is always good to see people happy with my software. Since I don't charge, that is about all I get from developing
and is the code you released contain some of GDS code?... I doubt it even if the first is true...
Also, as I assume you figured out, GDS is not by me and I am not related to Google at all. I didn't see the original title, but I realize it is good that the admins changed to to say unofficial. Plus, the (unofficial) prefix bumped the API part off the title so more people are reading this article lol
My files are well orginised
Last edited by 88823 on 06 Jan 2005 - 04:34
Last edited by 69555 on 06 Jan 2005 - 05:56
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And I've seen people still add "+" to their searches in Google search to include the search terms, even if it does that anyway. Must've been the most stupid thing Altavista did -- not caring about some keywords.
C:/Documents and Settings/[username]/Local Settings/Application Data/Google/Google Desktop Search
-or-
C:/Documents and Settings/[username]/Application Data/Google/Google Desktop Search
You may have to replace the forward slashes with backslashes.
Obviously, if your computer is like mine and the Windows drive is not C, replace C with the actual drive.
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