Saying Goodbye to the GData Admin Settings API
August 16, 2016
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Back in 2013, we launched the Google Apps Admin SDK, and later announced as a result that several outdated Apps Admin APIs would be deprecated and shut down in April 2015.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:
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.
Back in 2013, we launched the Google Apps Admin SDK, and later announced as a result that several outdated Apps Admin APIs would be deprecated and shut down in April 2015.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
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Endpoint
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Post-Deprecation Replacement (if any)
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no replacement / discontinued
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no replacement / discontinued
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no replacement / discontinued
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no replacement / discontinued
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no replacement / discontinued
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All endpoints
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no replacement / discontinued
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All endpoints
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no replacement / discontinued
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All endpoints
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replacement API coming before Aug 2017
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All endpoints
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no replacement / discontinued
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