Oh, the problem is in the API itself, not in the local client. Are you seeing the photos in the correct order when you pull the raw feed?
Cheers, -Jeff On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM, ray <rayjohnterr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Do you know where the 'orderby uploaded' code is broken? I'm looking > at the source, and I can't find where the error is occuring. The feed > URI looks to be being built correctly, but I lose what's happening > when it gets to the following: > > if converter: > return converter(result_body) > > which i think actually becomes: > > AnyFeedFromString(result_body) > > up until the point where the conversion occurs, the URI that is being > built returns the correctly ordered results. i suppose i could work > around the feed conversion, if thats the issue, implementing something > myself to get the info i need from the feed (although its going to be > pretty kludgy). > > -Ray > > On Dec 12, 2:13 pm, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com> wrote: > > Oh don't feel sorry at all, it's good to hear some feedback. We don't get > a > > lot of it with the Python client / docs, so don't be shy to say what is > > confusing or flat out wrong. I can always figure out who wrote it > initially > > and go chide them. ;) > > > > The "orderby uploaded" thing has been a rather glaring problem for some > time > > now, so I do hope we can fix it in the near future. > > > > Cheers, > > -Jeff > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, ray <rayjohnterr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm Sorry to bug you on it (everyone hates documentation), but I > > > figured it'd be worth mentioning. I'm new to the python interface, so > > > I'm stumbling on each little issue, and other might as well. > > > -Ray > > > > > On Dec 12, 1:16 pm, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com> wrote: > > > > For shame, documentation. > > > > > > So it turns out that it *used* to be the case that coincidentally > photos > > > > were always stored (more or less) in uploaded time order by default. > Some > > > > backend changes made that no longer the case. > > > > > > I'd say we should update all the documentation... but we really > should > > > just > > > > resolve that issue. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM, ray <rayjohnterr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > The documentation specifies that the 'photos = > gd_client.GetUserFeed > > > > > (kind='photo', limit='10')' retrieves the last 10 photos uploaded > by > > > > > the username specified. That's why I was thinking it would work > that > > > > > way. > > > > > -Ray > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 12:58 pm, "Jeff Fisher (Google)" < > api.jfis...@google.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I think this is just because there needs to be a way to specify a > > > sort > > > > > > order on API requests: > > > > > > > >http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=280 > > > > > > > > You can star the issue for updates on it. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 10:43 am, ray <rayjohnterr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to use the Python API to get a list of recent > photos, > > > using > > > > > > > the following: > > > > > > > > > photos = gd_client.GetUserFeed(kind='photo', limit='10') > > > > > > > > > The photos that are returned in the feed are not the latest > photos. > > > > > > > I've verified that when accessing the feed manually > (usinghttp:// > > > > > picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/<my username>/? > > > > > > > kind=photo), the latest photos are indeed returned. > > > > > > > > > Any idea if its something I'm doing, or an existing issue? > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Picasa-Data-API@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-picasa-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Picasa-Data-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
