G'day Jitsu, Not sure if this will help mate, but I saw thumbnails mentioned while browsing around:
http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/docs/2.0/reference.html#Parameters Let me know if this helps. I'm in the middle of trying this stuff out, but as I'm not a coder in any way, shape or form so this is quite a learning curve for me! ---- On Oct 20, 9:49 pm, Jitsu <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't be the first one to ask about that. > How to get that handy thumbnails and direct photo link I can see in > picasa-web via python 1.0 API? > > I was able to upload new photos, change metadata and everything, now I > just want links with the proper size. > > As stated > inhttp://code.google.com/intl/ru-RU/apis/picasaweb/docs/2.0/reference.h..., > to get a different thumbnails size 'thumbsize' option should be set. I > couldn't find any appropriate method for that in python API, so, I > just call a Get method with changed uri: > > photos = picasaPoster.gdClient.GetUserFeed(kind='photo', limit='10') > for photo in photos.entry: > photo_url = '/data/feed/api/user/%s/photoid/%s?thumbsize=800' > % (username, photo.gphoto_id.text) > photo = picasaPoster.gdClient.Get(photo_url) > > At this point I assume that 'photo' should be a PhotoEntry. But it's > just GDataFeed > I checked all variables, and it turnes out that the thumbnail I > requested is somewhere in photo.FindExtensions(). Is there a way to > parse that data somehow neatly, with some handy API call? > Next, there is a GetMedia() method in PhotosService. Calling it with > the photo_url I assumed to get Media for that photo, but it just > returnes blank. > Same for GetEntry, in hope to get a PhotoEntry with thumbnails. > > I actually didn't think getting thumbnails could become a problem at > all, so I'm a bit stuck now. > In a result I want 2 links: > - direct photo link (smth looking > like:https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VJtf-RVWwl1xEYvwEz-5gQ) > - 800px thumbnail link, like this > one:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M3-P6QrM-NM/Tp8mOdPZ3KI/AAAAAAAABA... > > any way to do that without walking ExtensionElement's for each photo > trying to determine whether it has proper thumbnails or not? -- 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.
