Google this week began offering APIs to help the flow of data between users’ apps and those Google offers.
APIs introduced include Sheets, for programmatic access to features users can add to a Google Sheets spreadsheet, and Slides, for exporting business data from apps to provide content and visuals for Google Slides slide decks. The Classroom API, launched last year, has added coursework endpoints for developers to sync grades and assignment data between the Google Classroom tool and applications.
The Sheets API offers programmatic access to Sheets Web and mobile interfaces, including pivot tables and charts. “For example, developers can use Sheets as part of a rich workflow that pushes data from their app into Sheets and allows users to collaborate on that data before the updated data is pulled back into the original app, removing altogether the need to copy and paste,” said Tom Holman, Google Sheets product manager. The API is available today. Documentation for Google Sheets is on Google’s developer site.
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