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I've been looking for the SDK for the Windows environment for iTunes. I can't find it. It's not even searchable in the ADC....
Any help locating this would be appreciated.
iTunes 11-OTHER, Windows 7
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The first item on the list is iTunes Connect, which has nothing to do with what I'm looking for. I scrolled down the entire page and did not see a single item related to the iTunes COM SDK.
Never mind, I found it. Apparently the site isn't compatible with Internet Explorer. None of the items in the list were expandable and searches just returned the generic listing.
Switching to Firefox, I was able to search, expand the description, and download the SDK.
It isn't compatible with Chrome either. I just tried the search in Chrome on Windows and got a long list of unrelated results, none being the one I searched for. Before giving up on this info as outdated (now being around 2 years later), I tried in Safari on my iPad and voila, there it was; just the one search result. So I had to save the ZIP to Dropbox so I could get it on my Windows box but at least I have it a new version (my last was from 2004), which hopefully shows some way of working with podcast subscriptions.
Odd, I've just tested my earlier instructions, using Chrome, and they worked fine for me.
tt2
Perhaps a Chrome plugin causing the problem. Anyway, I have the latest documentation now, but it dates back to 2009 and there doesn't seem to be anything to work with podcast subscriptions. So not much help with what I'm hoping to fix (the "iTunes has stopped updating this podcast because you have not listened to any episodes recently. Would you like to resume updating this podcast?" problem). I was hoping for a way to script the re-enabling of updates for all podcasts.
Yes, no updates to the SDK since then, and no way to do what you want. You're not the first who wanted to be able to find a workaround for that behaviour. 😟
tt2
I have just tried this with multiple different browsers and it appears that Apple has removed the iTunes COM API from the download section.
Is this gone for good?
If someone from Apple commented, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
It would seem that it has been pulled. Somebody has created an online version here: http://www.joshkunz.com/iTunesControl/
tt2
It would seem that it has been pulled.
Yep. Seems so.
Hasn't been updated in years. I guess it's gone the way of Apple QuickTime for Windows. That's a pity. Having a nice API makes iTunes much more useful. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php clearly shows, that there is a need/market for this on OS X. I assume this is also valid for Windows.
I just wish, Apple communicated these things explicitly. Would make my life a lot easier.
-hendrik
Well at least my scripts still work. I had a sudden fear they wouldn't when I saw the SDK had gone. 😮
tt2
Well at least my scripts still work
Hm.. Perhaps that's just a matter of time. Clearly the API is unsupported by now.
Where is the iTunes COM for Windows SDK moved to now?
