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Thanks for reporting this problem.

Alex

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Randall Severy <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm building a Google Base module using the API to upload product
> information to Google Base.  I have everything working except the
> product image upload, and I've tried everything I can think of to get
> the product images to work without any success.  I'm using the Media
> Feed to post the image as a binary attachment since the Getting
> Started documentation states that attachments uploaded via the media
> feed are processed immediately.  I'm posting the image to a media feed
> URL of http://www.google.com/base/feeds/items/6073073191255940943/media/,
> with the correct binary image data, content type and content length
> and a Slug header of "Baguette Diamond Wedding Band".  The POST
> returns a status code of 201 and a Location header of
>
> http://www.google.com/base/feeds/items/6073073191255940943/media/hand5471422416233739796
> .
> Inside the body of the response is the content URL of
> http://base.googlehosted.com/base_media?q=hand5471422416233739796&size=6,
> and if I go directly to that URL in a browser I see the image just
> fine.  So far everything appears to be working just great.
>
> But if I look at the product listing in the active products in the
> Merchant Center dashboard, the images section has the Slug header, but
> a broken link for the image (http://lh4.ggpht.com/
> BcskXQKbetjmRJNNynfmuMLyWj0X_zcRJJlEjbjAP6-
> qpwxGcoh5yyx2fQhgp8gp1jIWbY0B34zbTqmWRq3wngAq1n6bMw), which returns a
> 404 error if I go directly to it.  And if I find the product in Google
> Shopping (the first result in
>
> http://www.google.com/products?q=Baguette+Diamond+Wedding+Band&hl=en&lnk=pruser&price1=910&price2=910
> ),
> there is also a broken image link displayed there as well.  If I
> retrieve the item feed, I see a "countHint" value of zero.  If I
> retrieve the media feed itself, I see a search Results count of zero.
> So from all appearances there are no images in the media feed
> associated with the item.
>
> So why does everything appear to post just fine but nothing actually
> shows up except for the Slug header value?  The Getting Started guide
> implies that the image upload through the media feed takes place
> immediately, but is there a separate process that copies the images
> from base.googlehosted.com to lh4.ggpht.com at a later date?  And if
> so, how long does that process take?
>
> Randall Severy
> Inroads, LLC
>
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