Google simplifies content management on its cloud storage service
May 8, 2013
Grazed from ITWorld. Author: Mikael Ricknäs.
Google has added a new notification to its Cloud Storage service, allowing applications to automatically take action when new content is uploaded by users. Normally, applications would have to poll for changes, which can be a resource waste or cause the application to react slowly. Also, writing and deploying custom scripts to trigger an application is cumbersome for developers, Google said in a blog post. But the object change notification will change that and seemingly make life a little easier for developers.
The notification is used to monitor Google Cloud Storage buckets for new, modified or deleted objects. For example, when a users adds a new picture to a bucket, an application could be notified to automatically create a thumbnail. The application and the bucket communicate using a so-called notification channel. A website detailing the feature shows how to add one…
The object change notification is only a preview feature. That means it is still being developed and Google can make backwards-incompatible changes, it warned. Google is also releasing an updated version of its Cloud Storage JSON API (application programming interface), bringing it into parity with the existing XML API. The JSON API is now available to everyone, as well…
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