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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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Base Data API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-base-data-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en. > > -- Alex Dovlecel, Google Switzerland GmbH Company Identifikationsnummer: CH-020.4.028.116-1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data 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-base-data-api?hl=en.
