ImageCount in smugmug.albums.get incorrect...

mattwright

I encountered an error where the ImageCount returned for an album in smugmug.albums.get (heavy=1) returned 0 when there were over 100 images in that gallery. When I visited it on the web site, it had problems displaying the gallery for a minute, then it worked and the ImageCount was also updated in the API call. Is this a known bug and is the only workaround to have the user visit their gallery?

Matt

ebswift

mattwright wrote:

I encountered an error where the ImageCount returned for an album in smugmug.albums.get (heavy=1) returned 0 when there were over 100 images in that gallery. When I visited it on the web site, it had problems displaying the gallery for a minute, then it worked and the ImageCount was also updated in the API call. Is this a known bug and is the only workaround to have the user visit their gallery?

Matt

This is something I reported quite some time ago but so far I have not been able to raise a response.

devbobo

Can you please give me a sample gallery to check out ?

Thanks,

David

ebswift

devbobo wrote:

Can you please give me a sample gallery to check out ?

Thanks,

David

Here you go:

http://api.smugmug.com/services/api/rest/1.2.2/?method=smugmug.albums.getInfo&AlbumID=7179816&AlbumKey=oZTv2

Obviously, minus the session and the api key.

I uploaded three images into it. The album's called 'test'. The imagecount will go to three when someone views that gallery. It's easy to reproduce, just upload a couple of images into a new album, then call the API to view the imagecount.

mattwright

Also happens for old albums sometimes...

ebswift wrote:

It's easy to reproduce, just upload a couple of images into a new album, then call the API to view the imagecount.

Also, while it is easy to reproduce with new albums, it can also happen to an existing album. I presume this is if it goes a long time without any views and SmugMug removes it from some active database...

ebswift

mattwright wrote:

Also, while it is easy to reproduce with new albums, it can also happen to an existing album. I presume this is if it goes a long time without any views and SmugMug removes it from some active database...

Yep, I think it also occurs if you add a photo or something; it resets to zero until you view the album.

I think that sample I gave has made its way into the main database, so you may need to reproduce it manually David - though it's pretty quick & easy to do.

devbobo

Hey Guys,

This has been fixed internally for API versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1 & 1.2.2. And should go out with our next release.

Cheers,

David

mattwright

devbobo wrote:

This has been fixed internally for API versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1 & 1.2.2. And should go out with our next release.

Awesome -- thanks!

Matt

ebswift

Thanks David.