Write access to the streams

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The current API only has read access for activities which practically make this 
pretty pointless since there is no way to generate activities externally.

Having write access to the streams via the API would allow and attract many 3rd 
party developers / components / developers to actively participate in Google+ . 
On top of that it will also make the user's activity stream rich with data :)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jack.sta...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 7:41

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Original comment by chirags@google.com on 24 Sep 2011 at 11:23

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Yeap, sharing from other websites/applications is pretty much a MUST for social 
networks those days.

Original comment by lieldu...@gmail.com on 27 Sep 2011 at 8:56

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Read-only is SO 1995.

Original comment by PakanaHo...@gmail.com on 6 Oct 2011 at 5:24

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Until write access is granted you guys are limiting the use of google+ I find 
myself ignoring it and sticking to facebook and twitter mostly because they 
both allow read and writing from within their apps. 

Original comment by centerrogue on 8 Oct 2011 at 1:44

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I need this feature so much, Please let me know when this will be implemented.

I already implemented in my android application facebook integration, and 
started to add the same functionality with google, and was very disappointed to 
find out that i am not allowed to add post in users screams.

I look forward this update
Thank you. 

Original comment by lidoc...@gmail.com on 12 Oct 2011 at 2:04

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Yes, plz make the api usable

Original comment by sander.s...@googlemail.com on 1 Nov 2011 at 4:18

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As others have commented this is something that keeps me away from google plus 
right now because I can't post there from other apps that can post to multiple 
platforms such as tweetdeck, which means that a google plus post is limited to 
only the friends of mine which are in plus already. This one should be a high 
priority for google

Original comment by barry...@gmail.com on 1 Nov 2011 at 4:23

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Please don't add write access to the stream. Or at least make it similar to how 
Game notifications work. I love having all content be explicitly shared by the 
people I follow.

Original comment by 4braham on 1 Nov 2011 at 9:51

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This would definitely be a useful feature for me as well.

Original comment by srik...@gmail.com on 3 Nov 2011 at 12:04

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From my application I'm auto posting to a dedicated Twitter account, a Facebook 
fan page and now I'd like to auto post to a Google+ business page. Another vote 
for me for this feature. 

Original comment by ferdy.ch...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2011 at 8:16

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My website uses twitter and facebook APIs to post notifications -- but alas, no 
go with Google+.  In short, I agree with all of the comments above, until a 
feature exists that allows us to send (ie: write) notifications, I see little 
need in using the API as it stands.  I am sure you guys are *VERY* much aware 
of this and I am also sure the feature will exist sooner than later.  Thanks!

Original comment by bdavid...@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2011 at 10:54

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I am surprised this isn't yet available.  IT is needed to properly compete with 
Facebook.

Original comment by jac...@4walls.net on 15 Nov 2011 at 3:10

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With the new Google+ Pages a lot of important blogs have joined to G+. Now it 
is a must to have a way to autopost in the G+ stream, so fans can always be 
updated with their favorite blogs.

Original comment by semperte...@gmail.com on 16 Nov 2011 at 4:12

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Big vote to include write access in the api. 
Also I would be very happy if adding users into circles would be possible over 
the api...

Original comment by philipp....@gmail.com on 28 Nov 2011 at 10:53

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Please let me know when this will be implemented.

Original comment by fotokab...@gmail.com on 29 Nov 2011 at 9:20

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This would be very useful. Is this feature under consideration to be 
implemented (soon)?

Original comment by chaam...@gmail.com on 29 Nov 2011 at 3:59

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My vote to include write accesss

Original comment by nota...@gmail.com on 1 Dec 2011 at 12:39

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Also my vote to get write access feature!

Original comment by m...@ullistorck.de on 11 Dec 2011 at 8:17

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There must be way more than a read access. The sample of the Google API for 
dot.net doesn't even have a sample for the read access :(

Original comment by domi...@amon.cc on 15 Dec 2011 at 10:56

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The only way to bring G+ to the public is a API with write access!!!!

Original comment by ka3krem...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2012 at 2:00

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Like others, I need write access and a way to sync my twitter feeds so that 
status updates can go into my G+ personal activity stream as well as into G+ 
page streams. The inability to sync with outside sites like twitter and flickr 
is the biggest single blocker to me actually using G+ for anything right now.

Original comment by steevit...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2012 at 5:19

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needs to be done, please. It's too much work for our company to push updates to 
google+ page as well as our other channels (all currently done through an API)

Original comment by brian.fa...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 7:38

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It really would be great to be able to post material to g+ from third party 
apps, allowing users to really streamline their social behaviors with it!

Original comment by ryan.sci...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2012 at 12:18

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When is the write access about to come? Having read access only makes the api 
rather useless.

Original comment by jan.moeh...@googlemail.com on 12 Jan 2012 at 7:21

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Why does google fear write acces so much? Abswer is simple, SPAM! But if they 
create write access to pages only, and manage to separate automated postings 
from human ones there is nothing to fear I think.

Original comment by nixl...@gmail.com on 15 Jan 2012 at 11:38

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I definitely need write access, this is just a MUST HAVE in any social 
network's API.

Original comment by romain.f...@gmail.com on 16 Jan 2012 at 3:28

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after giving this some more thought, and originally being of the opinion that 
write access was needed, I'm starting to think differently.

opening this up could really hurt the ecosystem of google+

when i really think about it, its all those "auto" generated 
comments/thoughts/links people post that don't interest me. i'd like to a place 
to see what my friends are really thinking/up to... not what their apps have to 
say on their behalf.

but maybe I'm alone in thinking this?

Original comment by tra...@tinystudios.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 2:13

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Hopefully, they've bought in measures to stop abusive programs, like Tweet
Adder for Twitter, exploiting the service too.

Original comment by james.th...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 2:41

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@tra...@tinystudios.com: I understand your opinion, but G+ isn't just about 
"friends", it's also about website pages that you'll follow to have recent news 
about what you like. And to do that you can't ask the authors of the websites 
to copy each link of their articles into their G+ page. In some situation it's 
not even possible considering the data managing this would imply.

But, to go in your way, I'm not against giving only the write access to pages 
(at least at first). IMHO write access to pages is just mandatory, anything 
else is a plus, but it can wait.

Original comment by romain.f...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 6:07

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@tra - I think you've got the wrong idea of what this is for. Many users just 
don't want to have to manually type in their status updates ("what your friends 
are really thinking/up to", etc) in multiple places. For example, I post mine 
to twitter. I'd like to have them appear here at G+ too but currently it's not 
possible, so my G+ page is empty. Write access would allow me to get my status 
updates to appear on G+.

Original comment by steevit...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 4:46

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You can always go the other way and post on Google+ and have a service post to 
Facebook/Twitter/etc.

The problem with opening up write access is it significantly reduces the 
work/cost to post spam. 

Original comment by 4braham on 17 Jan 2012 at 6:26

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So what? Twitter/Facebook/etc can do it so G+ don't have to?

Original comment by romain.f...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 6:32

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At this rate more and more developers will abandon G+, which is not a good move 
for Google.

At the very least Google could put out a statement if there (ever) will be 
write access or not, just going silent is just putting of developers.

Just my 2cts.

Original comment by reradu...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 8:13

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I agree with the last commenter. I love pretty much all Google products and am 
a heavy user, yet if there is one negative thing to mention it would be their 
inability to communicate with individuals or small groups. At the very least 
acknowledge that we exist, and let us know whether this feature is planned. If 
it's planned I'm sure people are happy and willing to wait, if it's not 
planned, its still better knowing that than keeping us in the dark. 

I should add that I am glad that G+ is not rushed, and that Google takes the 
time to think the design through rather than copying the failures of other 
networks. Still, this does not remove the need to communicate.

Original comment by ferdy.ch...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2012 at 9:54

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There is a way to automate posting through G+ Mobile: 
https://m.google.com/app/plus/x/?v=compose&content=blahblahblah Which will give 
you a non-js-required form back that looks like it might be postable with curl.

Original comment by jsals...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2012 at 8:29

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This form is submitting this POST data:
ie=UTF-8&at=7DuVOlfPKIcNQHyO23o-xez93ik%3A1326922743738&newcontent=Test&post=Pos
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https://m.google.com/app/plus/x/nzoqevzygu2m/?v=compose&group=b0&hideloc=1&a=pos
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I suppose "at" variable is some kind of a token.

Original comment by jerzyglowacki on 18 Jan 2012 at 9:44

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The lack of this API is one important reason why G+ isn't exploding in 
popularity. Facebook and Twitter have it. This is mediocre.

Original comment by Atheis...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2012 at 3:02

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As usual it is pretty silent on the google front. If they know something then 
its, can't give any ETA but etc etc. The status of this bug report is "new". Go 
figure ETA would be like 2014 before it is real. Actually we would need 
something like the Wave Sandbox where we can test out stuff and not harm the 
normal google+ environment. Always wondered why there wasn't a thing like GAE 
DEV or something that would allow use to experiment during software 
developemtn. Just my ton of gold ;]

Original comment by bthate on 26 Jan 2012 at 3:13

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My company develops Facebook apps full-time.  We won't even look at Google+ 
until the API offers write access.

Original comment by t...@bluecrow.biz on 26 Jan 2012 at 3:30

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I vote for write access too. I need it for an android app that is already 
interfacing to Facebook and Twitter.

Original comment by JanScho...@gmail.com on 31 Jan 2012 at 12:27

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At least for a Business page this is a *must have*, as others have said.  I 
cannot afford to add yet another manual task for a person simply to update our 
Google+ Business page, while we use automated posting via APIs to other social 
network Business pages!

WHAT'S THE BLOCK HERE?!

Original comment by bill.p...@gmail.com on 31 Jan 2012 at 2:55

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I vote for write access and get limit feed by API!

Original comment by Carol.ch...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2012 at 3:51

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Enable writing access to the activities can share posts to other platforms like 
Facebook and Twitter, which can share messages to more people, and this is why 
we use social network -- share, share and share.

Original comment by ben...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2012 at 10:03

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Writing access is very important. Please do it!

Original comment by Ken73.C...@gmail.com on 3 Feb 2012 at 6:19

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Issue 160 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mimm...@google.com on 3 Feb 2012 at 7:06

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Issue 130 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mimm...@google.com on 3 Feb 2012 at 7:25

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Issue 131 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mimm...@google.com on 3 Feb 2012 at 7:26

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Issue 97 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by mimm...@google.com on 4 Feb 2012 at 1:03