Google Search API Shutting Down

While prodding the PlexMovie bundle trying to resolve my own problem, I was checking the documentation for the google search api used (ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web) and found that it was deprecated three years ago...but Google is saying the turnoff date is actually tomorrow @_@ September 29, 2014.

 

https://developers.google.com/web-search/docs/

 

Note: The Google Web Search API was officially deprecated as of November 1, 2010. Per our deprecation policy it has operated for more than three years past its deprecation date. Its last day of operation will be September 29, 2014.

 

 

Since this seems to be a pretty major part of the movie title scraping (which I take it is only used if you don't shortcut when finding a match with the "plex hash"), and you guys are still using it... that's gonna be a problem after tomorrow isn't it? Though likely Google might even extend the API a bit more when a ton of people complain... probably mentioning something about having "no warning" :P.

 

Or maybe I'm wrong and it's just the .js libraries they are totally deprecating, while the endpoint will remain active. Seems like this might be relevant to your interests though Plex Agent Devs.

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