# Use Google Apps APIs Without Being a Programmer

**Author:** kinlane  
**Canonical:** https://apievangelist.com/2011/02/15/use-google-apps-apis-without-being-a-programmer/

Google just [released the Google Apps Shell Interface](http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/02/use-google-apps-apis-without-writing.html) (GASI), a graphical user interface for working with [Google Apps APIs](http://code.google.com/googleapps/).

GASI allows Google Apps administrators to make certain API calls through a graphical user interface without having to write programs.

The GASI library provides a list of available commands to get going, as well as allowing [command line interface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface "Command-line interface").

You can [download Google Apps Shell Interface](http://code.google.com/p/google-apps-shell/) (GASI) from Google Code.

Google's move reflects another important step towards making APIs usable by non-programmers and further democratizing the power of the API.

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