Gmailr: An Unofficial Javascript API for Gmail

http://www.jamesyu.org/2011/02/05/introducing-gmailr-an-unofficial-javscript-api-for-gmail/

by jamesjyu • 15 years ago

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wigginus• 15 years ago

Thanks! I'm also an avid 0Boxer user, now I'm longing for a zero inbox even more.

jefe78• 15 years ago

0Boxer actually looks entertaining. Are there any security considerations to worry about?

jamesjyu3• 15 years ago

I can promise you I don't look at the contents of your email -- I only gather statistics necessary to support the gaming mechanics. In fact, I never ask for offline access to your Gmail account at all.

Also, data is sent to my server via https.

treblig• 15 years ago

Wow, this is excellent. Great work. Does this expose access to Gmail Tasks too?

jamesjyu3• 15 years ago

Nope, but that'd be pretty cool. It's pretty basic right now, and exposes some basic user events and data. What I'm hoping is for others to use and extend it.

waseemsadiq• 15 years ago

awesome... I am one of the founders of Inbox2.com; I am actually working on something quite similar that i wanted to open source in the end anyway. I will check this out; if it works for me i'll look into some form of merge perhaps

Many thanks for sharing.

jamesjyu3• 15 years ago

Great! Would love to connect once you're ready. My email is jamesjacobyu@[you can probably guess where]

eiji• 15 years ago

Oxymoron: Unofficial API

follower• 15 years ago

It's not really an oxymoron--it just means it's a standardised way of interacting with something ("API") that isn't officially condoned/supported by the original creator ("Unofficial").

chrisbroadfoot• 15 years ago

API stands for Application Programming Interface.

What in that says anything about being official or not?!

There are a TON of APIs that make it easy to hook into unsupported channels.

kazuya• 15 years ago

Great!

BTW do you know any similar effort regarding Goole Reader?

Gmailr: An Unofficial Javascript API for Gmail

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