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Google Moderator API Available

May 11th, 2010

Today, Google announced that the a "formal API" for Google Moderator is now available "to access, update, and participate in Google Moderator from custom interfaces."

Among internal projects Google gives as use examples are one to allow attendees to Google I/O to ask questions and another that allows Moderator to be downloaded and used on Android.

Suggested uses of the API include the following.

  • Create: create new series, topics, submissions, or votes on behalf of the currently authenticated user

  • Vote: allow authenticated users to vote on submissions, or to review their own votes on submissions in a series

  • Discover: retrieve topics in a series, or submissions in a particular topic or series. You can also track the current aggregate status of votes

    • Download the Google Moderator API code here.

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