> * Your API issues with jpg files are probably due to you tripping Google's anti-piracy system.
Holy smokes! Didn't know this was baked in. Our school teaches art and creativity. The jpg's being uploaded are pictures of student's original work: painting, metal works, jewelry, glass blowing, hand written diaries and sketches. Our images are pretty darn unique (and some amazing art as well). Would love to know if Google's detectors are tripping up.
> * Set up a separate Google Domain for testing stuff. You'll have to pay extra for it, but don't test on production data.
Good idea. That solves part of the problem. But it doesn't enable me to have a set of test data based on near-current production data. And god forbid I someday make a mistake on production...no way to rollback.