Hey TJ, Sorry that didn't work. You should be able to use that URL like this:
https://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/api/userid/110918005189118533839/album/AmericanCanyonSeptember152012?authkey=Gv1sRgCLTGtYSlv8jAdg&prettyprint=true Note that the first ID you tried is the user ID , the second ID is the album title, and if it's not your album, you probably need the authkey param, too. I tried the above URL and it didn't work, but that's how you would do it. Let me know of you have more questions. -Mike On Dec 10, 2012 9:56 PM, "TJ" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Thanks for the answer, but I can't get it to work. Here are some > specifics: > > The URL I have is the public URL that a person gets when they click the > "Share" button in Picasa Web. Specifically, here is a real-life example: > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/110918005189118533839/AmericanCanyonSeptember152012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLTGtYSlv8jAdg&feat=directlink > > > I've used "110918005189118533839" as the album ID and plugged it into the > link text you provided: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/**data/entry/api/user/default/** > albumid/[ALBUM_ID]?**prettyprint=true<http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/api/user/default/albumid/%5BALBUM_ID%5D?prettyprint=true> > > > becomes > > http://picasaweb.google.com/**data/entry/api/user/default/**albumid/ > 110918005189118533839?**prettyprint=true<http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/api/user/default/albumid/%5BALBUM_ID%5D?prettyprint=true> > > > and all I get is this message: > > "Invalid entity id: 110918005189118533839" > > > I've tried every other value in the original URL and get the same results. > > Thanks, > > TJ > > > On Monday, December 10, 2012 2:47:24 PM UTC-8, Mike Erickson wrote: >> >> Hello TJ, >> >> Indeed, there is a way! If you request the photo entry, it will have a >> list of media elements on it that point to the cover for that photo. >> >> So, if you have the album ID, you can: >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/**data/entry/api/user/default/** >> albumid/[ALBUM_ID]?**prettyprint=true<http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/api/user/default/albumid/%5BALBUM_ID%5D?prettyprint=true> >> >> Which will contain a media:group with media:content and some >> media:thumbnail elements, depending on the image size >> parameters<https://developers.google.com/picasa-web/docs/2.0/reference#Parameters>you >> passed in your request. >> >> Don't have the album ID because you're scraping the web UI? We can help >> you with that, too! Just take the album name from the page URL ( >> https://picasaweb.google.com/**userid/[THISONE]<https://picasaweb.google.com/userid/%5BTHISONE%5D>) >> and add it to this slightly modified album entry URL: >> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/**data/entry/api/user/default/** >> album/[ALBUM_TITLE]?**prettyprint=true<http://picasaweb.google.com/data/entry/api/user/default/album/%5BALBUM_TITLE%5D?prettyprint=true> >> >> I hope that helps, and stop scraping the web UI. Just use the API. It's >> okay. >> >> Thanks, >> -Mike >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Picasa Web Albums API" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-picasa-data-api/-/oC6gm1di5kIJ. > 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-picasa-data-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Picasa Web Albums 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-picasa-data-api?hl=en.
