If cross domain ajax calls are not allowed then how are you supposed to use the google spreadsheet API

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If cross domain ajax calls are not allowed then how are you supposed to do this? Note: obsoleted link. Question updated with relevant section from original page in question.

From link; (Developer's Guide: Protocol v 2.0 – Google Spreadsheets API):

Add a row

To add a row to the table, start by creating an <entry> element containing the relevant data:

<entry>
  <gsx:hours>1</gsx:hours>
  <gsx:ipm>1</gsx:ipm>
  <gsx:items>60</gsx:items>
  <gsx:name>Elizabeth Bennet</gsx:name>
</entry>

Then determine the appropriate URL to send the entry to, known as the POST URL. You can find the POST URL in the list feed's <link> element that has rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post".

Next, do any necessary authentication, and create an Authorization header for a new POST request as described in the authentication sections of this document.

In the body of the POST request, place the Atom <entry> element you created above, using the application/atom+xml content type.

Now send the request to the POST URL:

POST http://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/key/worksheetId/private/full

Spreadsheets inserts the new row immediately after the last row that appears in the list-based feed, which is to say immediately before the first entirely blank row.

Answer 1

Cross domain ajax restrictions are only a browser restriction. If you make a webservice call from the server or another application, you won't be restricted. If you need to do an ajax call though, you could proxy the call through your server.