To answer your other question, the TOS provide for a three-year deprecation period. So you can expect Google to make reasonable effortsmto maintain the Image Search API until roughly June 1, 2014. However, it would be prudent to note that Google has given themselves an escape hatch in the event that the API becomes financially burdensome to maintain, in which case they reserve the right to shut down the API at any time, even without notice. In short, I would be looking for a migration path out of the Image Search API rather than counting on it to function for any real production appkication.
Sadly, you are correct in your assessment of the Y! BOSS API. In the little bit that I've used it, it is woefully inadequate in comparison to the Google API. However, if I can't rely on Google's API to work tomorrow, that is serious incentive to develop a path to either BOSS or the Bing API. And yes, I'm going to go wash my fingers and eyes in hot, soapy water and acid for typing that. Jg On Jul 3, 2011 4:39 PM, "Jeremy Geerdes" <[email protected]> wrote: > I would not anticipate an official hard limit to be publicized. Just build > your app(s) to recognize the quota limit error messages. > > Jg > On Jul 3, 2011 4:30 PM, "CA" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> With google images being depricated, I saw it may limit the number of >> requests it allows via the api. Do we know that that number may be? >> >> Also, I haven't seen an exact shutdown date, if anyone has heard >> anything that may be helpful. I heard sometimes depreciated apis last >> for as much as three years. Am I stupid to use this API? The quality >> of results seems better than Yahoo BOSS'. >> >> Brad >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
