Yeah, it's unclear if the 'L' is being inserted by the Python library or by Google's servers. I suspect it's Google's servers but that's only a guess.
Can you file a feature request? http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/entry?template=Documents%20List%20(Enhancement%20Request) On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:47 AM, NealWalters <nealwalt...@nealwalters.com>wrote: > > I'm still confused. The error comes back with status=401L. > I know 401 is an http status, but the "L" throws me off. What does > the "L" mean on the 401L? > I didn't see that on the pages you referred to me. > > Like I said, I specifically "unshared" the file to see what error I > would get. > As a developer, I need to handle the most likely types of errors, but > I need to know what kind of errors are going to be common and > reasonable. > > I can write a lookup routine that converts '401' to "not authorized" > or I can show the error/body that you send to me which says "Sorry, > that action is not allowed" and the reason is blank. In this case, I > think "not authorized" or "user xxxxxx is not authorized to read file > yyyyy" would be a more clear message for my users. "Sorry, that > action is not allowed" is way to general and vague. > > > Thanks, > Neal > > > On Aug 4, 9:48 pm, Eric Bidelman <api.e...@google.com> wrote: > > Hi Neal, > > Some standard errors come to all of the Data APIs are listed here: > http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/docs/2.0/reference.html#HTTPStatusC... > > > > <http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/docs/2.0/reference.html#HTTPStatusC.. > .>Of > > course, each API may have slightly different errors specific > > to that service. In general, you can follow the above list, but I > wouldn't > > recommend displaying the error message directly. For example, > > you can assume a 401 is related to an authentication issue. > > In your example, it's b/c the user doesn't have access to that > > document. > > > > Eric > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:17 PM, NealWalters <nealwalt...@nealwalters.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > I purposely caused this error by removing a user from the document, > > > and trying to get it's feed by docid: > > > > > {'status': 401L, 'body': 'Sorry, that action is not allowed', > > > 'reason': ''} > > > > > I'm looking for where these erros are documented. The reason above > > > seems to be blank, this is not an error that a user would understand, > > > so I'm tasked with interpreting the errors for the user. > > > > > Is there a page in the doc that says what a 401L is, and what other > > > errors I might possibly get? > > > > > I'm running under GAE, here's my code. I've got a timeout once or > > > twice, so I'm trying to retry for timeouts, but give a more friendly > > > message for other type of errors. > > > > > def GetGoogleDocHTMLContents(argClient, argDocId): > > > """ > > > Given a docId, and an already authorized client, > > > grab the HTML contents of a file on google docs > > > """ > > > exportFormat = "html" > > > domain = "docs.google.com" > > > url = "http://"; + domain + "/feeds/download/documents/Export? > > > docID=" + argDocId + "&exportFormat=" + exportFormat > > > > > #TODO - how to test this - also might want retry on other feeds and > > > client.login > > > retries = 0 > > > htmlFileContents = "" > > > err = "time" #short for timeout > > > while retries < 5 and "time" in err.lower(): > > > try: > > > htmlFileContents = argClient.Get(url,converter=str) > > > retries = 9999 #we got the file, quit the loop > > > except (Exception), err: > > > #TODO specifically look for timeout here, not just any error > > > retries += 1 > > > htmlFileContents = str(err) > > > import logging > > > logging.debug("GetGoogleDocHTMLContents:" + str(err)) > > > > > return htmlFileContents > > > > > Thanks, > > > Neal Walters > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Docs Data APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Docs-Data-APIs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-docs-data-apis+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Docs-Data-APIs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
