Alex,
Have you had any luck in figuring out what might be going on? I
switched my module over to supplying an image URL with the API calls
and the image does eventually show up, but I'd prefer to use the Media
Feed if I could to avoid the delay in posting the image.
Randall
On May 20, 4:19 am, Alex <[email protected]> wrote:
> We're looking into this, and will get back with more information soon.
>
> 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 ofhttp://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/hand...
> > .
> > 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&;...
> > ),
> > 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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