Posted by Shashank Gupta, Product Manager, Google Apps for Work and Wesley Chun, Developer Advocate, Google Apps
Back in 2013, we launched the Google Apps Admin SDK, and later announced as a result that several outdated Apps Admin APIs would be deprecated and shut down in April 2015. Today, we are continuing this effort of removing older, less-used functionality by announcing the deprecation of the GData Admin Settings API. Some GData API functionality will find a replacement from an Admin SDK counterpart, while other features will be discontinued. The following table summarizes which features will be retained (and where to access replacement functionality) and which won’t:
Admin Settings API
Endpoint
Post-Deprecation Replacement (if any)
General Settings
/defaultLanguage
Directory API: Customers
/organizationName
Directory API: Customers
/currentNumberOfUsers
no replacement / discontinued
/maximumNumberOfUsers
no replacement / discontinued
Account Settings
/accountInformation/supportPIN
no replacement / discontinued
/accountInformation/customerPIN
no replacement / discontinued
/accountInformation/adminSecondaryEmail
Directory API: Customers
/accountInformation/edition
no replacement / discontinued
/accountInformation/creationTime
Directory API: Customers
/accountInformation/countryCode
Directory API: Customers
Appearance Settings
All endpoints
no replacement / discontinued
Verification Settings
All endpoints
no replacement / discontinued
Single Sign-on (SSO) Settings
All endpoints
replacement API coming before Aug 2017
Gateway and Routing Settings
All endpoints
no replacement / discontinued
To summarize, the GData Admin Settings API is being deprecated today and will remain operational for until October 31, 2018, to give developers time to migrate. This means that on October 31, 2018, this deprecated API will be shut down.