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Re:Gmailr: An Unofficial Javascript API for Gmail by eiji on Saturday February 05, 2011 @05:03PM (#2184216)
Oxymoron: Unofficial API
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Re:Gmailr: An Unofficial Javascript API for Gmail by follower on Saturday February 05, 2011 @09:00PM (#2184662)
It's not really an oxymoron--it just means it's a standardised way of interacting with something ("API") that isn't officially condoned/supported by the original creator ("Unofficial").
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Re:Gmailr: An Unofficial Javascript API for Gmail by chrisbroadfoot on Saturday February 05, 2011 @11:34PM (#2184945)
API stands for Application Programming Interface.

What in that says anything about being official or not?!

There are a TON of APIs that make it easy to hook into unsupported channels.

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