[visualization-api] Google Spreadsheets Access

[i***@omibee.com]

I read online that google is performing changes in the Google Sheet API.

"At Google, we are always working to keep our users' information safe. As
part of these ongoing efforts, we will begin requiring explicit
authorization when third-party sites request access to Google Sheets
content via the Google Visualization API
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference or Google
Query Language
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/querylanguage.

For many developers, this change will be transparent, but others may need
to make changes in order to continue reading spreadsheet data. For more
details on the technical changes required, please visit the Google Charts
API Documentation
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/spreadsheets#authorization
.
We will begin enforcing these requirements on *September 14, 2016."*


I am a developer and have in hands a website on which the access is made by
a PHP Module that accesses the file with a credentials file and performs a
GET request to the desired file in order to get information from the cells.

As it is an important website I want to know if some kind of change is
going to be made that can make this stop working. I didn't understand this
by reading the provided URLs.


Thank you.

['Daniel LaLiberte' via Google Visualization API]

Hi Igor,

You should ask your question on the Google Spreadsheets forum:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-spreadsheets-api since it is
about that more than the use of the Query Language via Google Charts.

But if I understand your question, if your spreadsheet data is viewable by
the public, then I don't believe your users will see any change due to
access restrictions. However, if "the file" that your PHP code is
accessing is local to your server, then spreadsheet data access is not
involved at all. In any event, this is not really related to Google
Charts, and you'll have to ask the Spreadsheets people for more details.

Post by i***@omibee.com
I read online that google is performing changes in the Google Sheet API.
"At Google, we are always working to keep our users' information safe. As
part of these ongoing efforts, we will begin requiring explicit
authorization when third-party sites request access to Google Sheets
content via the Google Visualization API
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/reference or Google
Query Language
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/querylanguage.
For many developers, this change will be transparent, but others may need
to make changes in order to continue reading spreadsheet data. For more
details on the technical changes required, please visit the Google Charts
API Documentation
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/
spreadsheets#authorization.
We will begin enforcing these requirements on *September 14, 2016."*
I am a developer and have in hands a website on which the access is made
by a PHP Module that accesses the file with a credentials file and performs
a GET request to the desired file in order to get information from the
cells.
As it is an important website I want to know if some kind of change is
going to be made that can make this stop working. I didn't understand this
by reading the provided URLs.
Thank you.
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