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Eric On Oct 8, 2:49 pm, deandail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If there's errors, the response body will contain an error message > > like your example: > > But alas, it does not. When the insertion works, I get a copy of the > created fields. When the insertion does not work, I get no response at > all. > > (to clarify, I know that it doesn't work, because the program is > written so that when insertion doesn't work it tells me "Insertion > failed". I get that response. But I don't get the server response that > indicates what the error was.) > > On Oct 7, 5:40 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 6, 12:45 pm, deandail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Right. That is the server's response, and that is what I would like it > > > to show me. However, it does not show me that. I know that that is the > > > server's response because when I use the API Demo page > > > here,http://www.google.com/base/api/demo/html/demo.htmlthatisthe > > > response it shows. > > > > The code that you suggested in order to see that response in my own > > > program was > > > echo '<pre>' . $result . '</pre>'; // result will contain the > > > server's response > > > > However, that code does not contain the server's response, or at least > > > not the response that I'm referring to. It contains the fields that I > > > submitted, in addition to the created fields (id and date created). It > > > doesn't tell me anything about errors or really anything useful. > > > On a successful insertion, the server will return the created entry as > > the response. > > If there's errors, the response body will contain an error message > > like your example: > > <errors> > > <error type="data" field="serving_count" reason="This entry is not > > of type number. Example: 1,000 for one thousand." /> > > </errors> > > > Eric > > > > On Oct 3, 5:07 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In this case, that _is_ the server's response. > > > > It looks like you may be inserting a null > > > > value for the serving_count attribute. > > > > Perhaps you're leaving that field blank > > > > when hitting submit? > > > > > > How can I see that response? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > DeAnna > > > > > > On Oct 2, 3:46 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi deandail, > > > > > > > To point the link to your own site the format is: > > > > > > <link rel='alternate' type='text/html' > > > > > > href='http://ENTER-YOUR-URL'/> > > > > > > > (The important part is the rel='alternate') > > > > > > > Viewing the response from the Google Base server will > > > > > > depend on how you're submitting the data. The php4 sample > > > > > > you mentioned uses libcurl, so I would use that to echo the result > > > > > > of the curl_exec(): > > > > > > > $result = curl_exec($ch); /* Execute the HTTP command. */ > > > > > > curl_close($ch); > > > > > > echo '<pre>' . $result . '</pre>'; // result will contain the > > > > > > server's response > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 1:16 pm, deandail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks celebird, > > > > > > > > Maybe I don't understand how the ftp route works, but I didn't > > > > > > > think > > > > > > > it did what I want. > > > > > > > > Specifically, we have around 18,000 products. Right now, I use a > > > > > > > mySQL > > > > > > > query to download that into a csv file, which I upload manually to > > > > > > > Base once a month. There are two problems with that: > > > > > > > > 1) It takes me a fair amount of time to configure the file > > > > > > > correctly, > > > > > > > and future holders of this position likely won't know how to do > > > > > > > that. > > > > > > > > 2) (And the much bigger issue) We sell and receive product every > > > > > > > day, > > > > > > > so by the end of the month our Base inventory is sadly out of > > > > > > > date. We > > > > > > > see our bounce rates increase steadily over the course of the > > > > > > > month as > > > > > > > people more often click on something in Base that we don't > > > > > > > actually > > > > > > > have in our online store. > > > > > > > > 3) (not a problem per se, but to be noted) It takes Base a couple > > > > > > > days > > > > > > > to make searchable an upload with several thousand products in it. > > > > > > > > So I could just upload the spreadsheet more often in order to > > > > > > > make it > > > > > > > more accurate, say once a week instead of once a month, and I > > > > > > > could > > > > > > > even automate that via FTP. But I don't want our full inventory > > > > > > > to be > > > > > > > unsearchable for 2 days out of every week. > > > > > > > > What I want to do is insert new products and delete products that > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > no longer have in stock each day without re-uploading the full > > > > > > > inventory. The insertions and deletes would only total around a > > > > > > > dozen > > > > > > > or couple dozen changes a day. My understanding is that the FTP > > > > > > > feed > > > > > > > needs to have the same name each time in order for it to be > > > > > > > automated, > > > > > > > therefore overwriting the previous file. So if I have a feed where > > > > > > > I've uploaded all 18,000 items, and then I send a subsequent file > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > just a few updates, it will overwrite the whole previous file, > > > > > > > leaving > > > > > > > me with only those updated items in Base. > > > > > > > > Do I misunderstand how the ftp process works? Or is some version > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > the API system what I need in order to do what I want? > > > > > > > > If the API is what I need, then here are the answers to your other > > > > > > > questions. > > > > > > > I am right now just doing single item entries until I figure out > > > > > > > how > > > > > > > the process works. In the future I will use the batch feature to > > > > > > > send > > > > > > > two separate requests: insert new items, delete sold items. > > > > > > > > The example code I started with can be found > > > > > > > herehttp://code.google.com/apis/base/samples/php/php-sample.html > > > > > > > > The two pieces of that sample that I have changed have been the > > > > > > > function to build the insert xml and here is my version of that > > > > > > > piece > > > > > > > function buildInsertXML() { > > > > > > > $result = "<?xml version='1.0'?>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'" . " > > > > > > > xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<category scheme='http://base.google.com/categories/ > > > > > > > itemtypes'" . " term='Products'/>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<title type='text'>" . $_POST['title'] . "</title>" . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<g:item_type>Products</g:item_type>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<g:price>" . $_POST['price'] . "</g:price>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<id>" . $_POST['id'] . "</id>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<g:image_link>" . $_POST['image_link'] . "</ > > > > > > > g:image_link>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<link href='".$_POST['link']."'". "/>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "<content>" . $_POST['description'] . "</content>" . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > $result .= "</entry>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > return $result; > > > > > > > > And then I've updated the form where a user manually inputs the > > > > > > > content for those fields, so that I can test and make sure I've > > > > > > > got it > > > > > > > all formatted correctly before I switch to a batch setup. That > > > > > > > piece > > > > > > > of code I've modified to this > > > > > > > /** > > > > > > > * Prints a small form allowing the user to insert a new > > > > > > > * recipe. > > > > > > > */ > > > > > > > function showRecipeInsertPane($token) { > > > > > > > global $cuisines; > > > > > > > print '<td valign="top" width="50%">' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<table width="100%">' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Insert a > > > > > > > new > > > > > > > recipe</th></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<form method="post" action="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . > > > > > > > '">' . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<input type="hidden" name="action" value="insert">' . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<input type="hidden" name="token" value="' . $token . > > > > > > > '">' . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">Title:</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td><input type="text" name="title" class="half">' . > > > > > > > '</td></ > > > > > > > tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">Type</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td><input type="text" name="product_type" > > > > > > > class="half">' . > > > > > > > '</td></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">Price</td>' . '<td><input > > > > > > > type="number" > > > > > > > name="price"> ' . '</td></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">ID</td>' . '<td><input type="number" > > > > > > > name="id"> ' . '</td></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">Image Link</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td><input type="text" name="image_link"></td></tr>' . > > > > > > > "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">link</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td><input type="text" name="link"></td></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<tr><td align="right">Description</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td><textarea class="full" > > > > > > > name="description"></textarea></ > > > > > > > td></tr>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '<td> </td><td><input type="submit" value="Submit"></ > > > > > > > td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '</form></tr></table>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > print '</td>' . "\n"; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > In the first block, here is the one line that references the link > > > > > > > attribute > > > > > > > $result .= "<link href='".$_POST['link']."'". "/>" . "\n"; > > > > > > > and that url is currently being input by hand in the insert form. > > > > > > > The > > > > > > > url is accepted, but doesn't attach itself to the item the same > > > > > > > way it > > > > > > > does if I enter a link in the csv file. The item isn't linked to > > > > > > > our > > > > > > > site. > > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 11:46 am, Celebird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > the google-base-api isn't needed to upload a feed-file; > > > > > > > > you can simply invoke ftp. > > > > > > > > > i believe tom's suggestion is not to use the google-base api > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. 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