Google announced yesterday on the Google Code Blog the introduction of the Google Buzz Firehose to the existing Buzz API Beta, which was launched during the 2010 Google I/O developer conference. The company states that the Buzz Firehose was one of the most requested features by developers. The new Google Buzz Firehose allows developers to access all public activities as soon as they are published through a single subscription. The public activity is syndicated in real-time via PubSubHubbub.
Launch partners, who have now integrated the Google Buzz Firehose, include Collecta, Gnip, OneRiot, Postrank Analytics, and Superfeedr’s Track.
In addition, Google has also made the following new API features available:
- Comments by the user – This feed consists of the activities the user has commented on.
- Likes by the user – The activities the user has liked are in this feed.
- Shared counts – This will return the number of times a specified URL has been shared across Google Buzz.
Developers can find more information on the Google Buzz API documentation site. They can also discuss the API and leave feedback on the Google Buzz API developer forum.
