Thanks a lot Mike, I think that's the most logical way of handling it, and not break existing client implementations.
On Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:04:55 PM UTC-4, Mike Erickson wrote: > > Sorry for the delay, but we had to track down the issue and get out a fix. > > tl;dr: Add the query param &showall to return all of the Instant Upload > mini albums in your user feed. > > In order to keep older clients from being overwhelmed by a giant influx of > very small albums (like the Photos from Posts albums) we started filtering > out small albums, which is why you might see some of the albums if you take > lots of pictures at the same time. Well, this had the unexpected effect of > hiding most of your albums from you if they don't have very many photos in > them. > > We added an additional param that will give you access to those smaller > albums by not filtering them out of the feed. This is not on by default so > that we still allow older clients to display more meaningful photo albums. > > To try this out, compare these two links from your browser logged into > your account: > > Normal album > feed<https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/default?kind=album&v=2&prettyprint=true&fields=openSearch:totalResults,entry(gphoto:id,gphoto:albumType,gphoto:numphotos)> > > vs Showing all Instant Upload > albums<https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/default?kind=album&v=2&prettyprint=true&fields=openSearch:totalResults,entry(gphoto:id,gphoto:albumType,gphoto:numphotos)&showall> > > Let me know if you have any more issues with this, or if you notice any > funny business. > > I'm still looking into the tags indexing issue and inconsistent return > results. > > Thank you, > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:16:10 AM UTC-7, Peter E wrote: >> >> Thanks for this, Mike. Unfortunately, I'm still not able to access the >> new Instant Upload album you mentioned (albumType "InstantUploadAuto") using >> the PWA API. >> >> When I request a feed of all albums ("GET >> https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/userID";), I get albums >> of type InstantUpload, Buzz, ScrapBook, and ProfilePhotos, but nothing >> called InstantUploadAuto. The album of type InstantUpload contains photos, >> but hasn't been updated with any new photos since this new behavior started >> happening, about a week or so ago. Using the Picasa Web site, though, I >> can indeed see the newly uploaded photos, in another album also called >> Instant Uploads. >> >> Am I looking in the wrong place for these albums? Or is it possible they >> aren't being included in the API feed? >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Peter >> >> On Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:19:09 PM UTC-4, True North wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to get the "sub-albums" linked to the "Instant Upload" >>> album? >>> >>> If I use something like >>> >>> https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/default/albumid/<albumId>/?kind=photo&prettyprint=true >>> >>> >>> where <albumId> is the ID of the "InstantUpload" album, I get no photo >>> entries. >>> >>> I noticed that the actual photos are contained in "sub-albums" having >>> >>> <gphoto:albumType>InstantUpload*Auto*</gphoto:albumType> >>> >>> >>> But I cannot find a *link* between the *InstantUpload* album and the * >>> InstantUpload**Auto *sub-albums*... >>> >>> *Thanks.* >>> >>> >>> * >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-picasa-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-picasa-data-api@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-data-api?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
