On Nov 7, 2:49 pm, tazz_ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For anyone looking at this thread, I've created an issue here:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=874
>
> Eric-
>
> I'm wondering in your conversations with the developers, was this
> something that they just didn't think of, or is there a big scary
> technical reason they didn't implement it? I ask because if it was
> just an oversight we might see a fix quickly, but if it was
> intentional it might never get fixed.
If it wasn't implemented at the Google Data protocol level
(which I think is the case), it may take a while to add.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Nov 7, 12:55 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 7, 8:43 am, tazz_ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Eric -
>
> > > > I think you're right. You should be able to construct a <feed>
> > > > with multiple ACL <entry>s. I'm tempted to file a public issue
> > > > (http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/list) but still want
> > > > to investigate first.
>
> > > Not to bug you too much about this, but do you have any update of any
> > > sort? My current implementation can be really slow when they have
> > > more than 20 users on a project (btw, I don't know why but sharing
> > > Google Docs seems to be substantially slower than sharing Google
> > > Spreadsheets - I don't have a question here, I just think it's weird).
>
> > All of the Google Data APIs use a similar ACL mechanism so I'm
> > beginning
> > to think adding multiple ACLs in a single request isn't possible.
> > Calendar does this same
> > thing:http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/developers_guide_protocol.html#A...
>
> > I'd like to see this get changed myself. Feel free to open a feature
> > request:http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/list
>
> > > Thanks!
>
> > > Ben
>
> > > On Nov 5, 9:42 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > On Nov 5, 9:29 pm, tazz_ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Eric -
>
> > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by this? I was able to request a token
> > > > > > for scope=http://docs.google.com/feeds/whichworkedwiththe
> > > > > > ACL feed. Is that the scope you are using?
>
> > > > > The scope get value I'm using now (and is working) is:
>
> > > > > http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Ffeeds%2Fdocuments%20http%3A%2F
> > > > > %2Fdocs.google.com%2Ffeeds%2Facl
>
> > > > > Initially I was using:
>
> > > > > http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Ffeeds%2Fdocuments
>
> > > > Ah, ok. For the most versatility you should use
> > > > the broadest URL possible =>http://docs.google.com/feeds/.
> > > > Under that scope, the token will be valid for ALL of the DocList
> > > > feeds,
> > > > whereas something likehttp://docs.google.com/feeds/documentswill
> > > > create
> > > > a token that's only valid forhttp://docs.google.com/feeds/documents/*
> > > > feeds.
>
> > > > > Because the documentation said to use that. Also (and I may be the
> > > > > only one dumb enough to think this way), but until it came back with
> > > > > an error relating to scope it did not occur to me that the scope would
> > > > > be different than that (because, regardless of the path, the ACLs are
> > > > > *part* of the document -- logically if you have access to the
> > > > > document, you have access to the ACL for said document). It's not a
> > > > > big deal, I just thought there should be a note.
>
> > > > Perfectly understandable. If you wanted to, you _could_ request a
> > > > token
> > > > that's only valid for a single document! Can you point me to
> > > > where the docs mentionedhttp://docs.google.com/feeds/documentsasthe
> > > > scope?
>
> > > > > > I think your second example should work, but there may be a reason
> > > > > > creating multiple ACLs wasn't implemented. I'll look into this one.
>
> > > > > Thanks for looking into it; also if there is another format for
> > > > > multiple ACLs, I'm more than happy to switch to that. I was sort of
> > > > > shooting in the dark given that I couldn't find an example of a feed
> > > > > creating multiple ACLs.
>
> > > > I think you're right. You should be able to construct a <feed>
> > > > with multiple ACL <entry>s. I'm tempted to file a public issue
> > > > (http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/list) but still want
> > > > to investigate first.
>
> > > > Thanks again,
> > > > Eric
>
> > > > > On Nov 5, 7:46 pm, "Eric (Google)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On Nov 5, 6:02 pm, tazz_ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Anyone at Google:
>
> > > > > > > Ok, so with some trial and error, I've got it working. A couple
> > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > things:
>
> > > > > > > 1) Your documentation isn't clear. According to your document the
> > > > > > > header should look like this:
>
> > > > > > > POST /feeds/acl/private/full/document%3A<your document id>
> > > > > > > HTTP/1.1
> > > > > > > Host: docs.google.com
> > > > > > > Authorization: <your authorization header here>
>
> > > > > > > But it will fail if you don't include a content type. So you
> > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > include that in your example.
>
> > > > > > > Also I think you should make a note that if you are planning on
> > > > > > > using
> > > > > > > acls you need to include a separate scope item when creating the
> > > > > > > token. I thought that the ACL would be included in the docs scope
> > > > > > > because the ACL is part of the document, it wasn't until I got the
> > > > > > > error that I added the additional scope.
>
> > > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by this? I was able to request a token
> > > > > > for scope=http://docs.google.com/feeds/whichworkedwiththe
> > > > > > ACL feed. Is that the scope you are using?
>
> > > > > > > 2) There doesn't appear to be any way to add multiple ACLs at
> > > > > > > once. I
> > > > > > > tried:
>
> > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > </entry>
> > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > </entry>
>
> > > > > > > --- AND ---
>
> > > > > > > <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > <entry>
> > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > </entry>
> > > > > > > <entry>
> > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > </entry>
> > > > > > > </feed>
>
> > > > > > > And a few others, all resulted in "permission denied". I've
> > > > > > > programed
> > > > > > > around it by submitting a request for each e-mail. But this can
> > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > very slow, and it is just wasteful on both our parts.
>
> > > > > > I think your second example should work, but there may be a reason
> > > > > > creating multiple ACLs wasn't implemented. I'll look into this one.
>
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Eric
>
> > > > > > > On Nov 4, 4:25 pm, tazz_ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Hi Folks -
>
> > > > > > > > I'm about to work on implementing the new ACL features, but I
> > > > > > > > had a
> > > > > > > > couple things that I'm not clear on. Ok, the example in the
> > > > > > > > docs is:
>
> > > > > > > > POST /feeds/acl/private/full/document%3A<your document id>
> > > > > > > > HTTP/1.1
> > > > > > > > Host: docs.google.com
> > > > > > > > Authorization: <your authorization header here>
>
> > > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > > </entry>
>
> > > > > > > > But lets say I have a list of three people that I want to grant
> > > > > > > > access
> > > > > > > > to, could I do this?
>
> > > > > > > > POST /feeds/acl/private/full/document%3A<your document id>
> > > > > > > > HTTP/1.1
> > > > > > > > Host: docs.google.com
> > > > > > > > Authorization: <your authorization header here>
>
> > > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > > </entry>
> > > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:role value='writer'/>
> > > > > > > > <gAcl:scope type='user' value='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'/>
> > > > > > > > </entry>
> > > > > > > > <entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; xmlns:gAcl='http://
> > > > > > > > schemas.google.com/acl/2007'>
> > > > > > > > <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
> > > > > > > > term='http://schemas.google.com/acl/2007#accessRule'/>
> > > > > > > >
>
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