I spoke with the maintainer of the Python client library. He claims he successfully was able to unit test that the library maintains the order of entries within a feed when it parses them. What version are you using? The latest and greatest?
Cheers, -Jeff On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:57 AM, ray <rayjohnterr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes. The photos appear to be coming back in the correct order when > using the feed itself. Only when I'm using the python client lib are > things coming back in the incorrect order as far as I can tell. > > On Dec 15, 1:09 pm, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
