"Use Google APIs in .NET" by Vijay Mehta

Visual Studio Magazine, July 2005



The GoogleWebServices solution is a fully functional .NET user control that 

can be used to access the Google Web API's for:  Basic Google Searching, Site 

Restricted Google Searching, Date Restricted Google Searching, and File Format Google

Searching.  



Contents of GoogleWebServices.sln:

1. GoogleIt.ascx & GoogleIt.ascx.cs - The actual .Net Control

2. WebForm1.aspx - A web form with the control applied

3. calendar.html & calendar.js - Javascript popup calendar used for date selection when doing date restricted Google searches

4. \img - various images used for the popup calendar



Setup:

1. Copy the web project named GoogleWebServices to your c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ directory and convert that into a virtual directory using IIS MMC.

2. Register with Google to receive a license key to use their API's (http://www.google.com/apis)

3. After receiving the license key insert it in the "LICENSE_KEY" constant contained in the GoogleIt.ascx.cs file

4. Run the solution