What if you grab the last 1000 photos to be uploaded (or 10,000, or whatever), generate a random number, and select the index that comes up?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Brian Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > > I'm conducting a research experiment and am interested in randomly > sampling from Picasa. Is there anyway to grab a random public photo > from the Picasa database? > > I've been looking through the API documentation, experimenting with > the PHP client library, and I think that the answer to this question > is no. I know you can grab the most recent photos. I also know about > the featured photos, but those aren't truly random. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > > -- See me Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/CletusTSJY http://www.cameronhinkle.com/ "As systems developers, we have selected ourselves into the world of cool, calming, rational thought. Either our code compiles, or it doesn't. The compiler is never happy for us, nor mad at us. Perhaps this is why we tend to apply logic as our main device for resolving disputes." -Peopleware, 2nd Edition "Babies...before we're done here...y'all be wearing gold-plated diapers." -Rock Legend Bruce Dickinson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-data-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
