You should refer to the python API docs: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/pythontutorial https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/python-generated
As you've found the generated .py aren't really helpful - it just includes metadata that is used along with the metaclass to actually produce the python classes. In terms of communicating with the market servers, you'll have to refer to their documentation for the transport protocol: the protobufs only define the message format but not how the messages should be exchanged. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Ryan Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a beginning programmer trying to retrieve information about > Android apps using the unofficial Android API: > http://code.google.com/p/android-market-api/ > > I've taken the market.proto file from the link above and complied it > to a .py file. My understanding was that this would produce a Python > library of sorts that would let me interact with the Android Market > servers to get information. As I said, I'm a beginner with web > programming in general, so I've taken a look at how various other > Python API libraries work -- for instance, this Twitter library, > static.unto.net/python-twitter/0.5/doc/twitter.html , includes a > Twitter module that I can import and interact with -- or at least > that's my understanding. > > However, I'm puzzled with the .py file that the ProtoBuf compiler > returned to me -- it's unlike anything I've seen before, and I'm not > quite sure how to use it to interact with the Android servers: that > is, if I'm even able to. The .py file, entitled market_pb2.py, is very > long, 1627 lines. It contains things like > > _APPSREQUEST_VIEWTYPE = descriptor.EnumDescriptor( > name='ViewType', > full_name='AppRequest.ViewType', > filename=None > > It also has about 50 lines that resemble this: > > _RESPONSECONTEXT.fields_by_name['result'].enum_type = > _RESPONSECONTEXT.RESULTTYPE > > as well as classes at the bottom that look like this: > > class AppsRequest(message.Message): > __metaclass__ = reflection.GeneratedProtocolMessageType > DESCRIPTOR = _APPSREQUEST > > # @@protoc_insertion_point(class_scope:AppsRequest) > > Any help/pushes in the right direction would be greatly, greatly > appreciated! Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" 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/protobuf?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" 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/protobuf?hl=en.
