How does one find the Album ID and Album Key given its URL using API 1.2.2?

ckelley

I'm writing server-side code in C# to upload images from an ASP.NET website to SmugMug via API 1.3.0. I figured out that a 1.3.0 Album has become a Gallery. The following code will find a Gallery given its URL:

    // post image to SmugMug
    IWebClient wc = new WebClient();
    IProtocol protocol = new RestProtocol();
    SmugmugClient smugMugClient = new SmugmugClient(wc, protocol);
    LoginWithHash login = new LoginWithHash(Config.ApiKey, Config.UserId.Value, Config.PasswordHash);
    SmugmugSession session = new SmugmugSession(smugMugClient, login);
    if (session != null)
   {
        List<Album> albums = session.GetAlbums().ToList();
        Album album = albums.Where(a => a.Url ==  "http://idtech.smugmug.com/UCBERK/IDTC/2014/June23June272014").FirstOrDefault();
        if (album != null)
        {
    	    session.UploadImage(path, (int)album.Id, album.Key, "CAK Test", null, null);
        }
    }

I need help on how to navigate the folder structure that determines the URL using API 1.3.0 because I need to create a nested folder structure if I don't find the the gallery by its URL. I need to:

• search for a top-level folder,
• retrieve one of its subfolders,
• create a sub-folder and
• create a gallery

Can API 1.3.0 traverse nested folders in the new SmugMug?

If not, what API verion and method should I use? I can't wait for API 2.0.

ckelley

How to Create a New SmugMug Galleries I 3-Level Folder Structure with API 1.2.2 in C#
I had to fix SmugMug.Net wrapper as it did not support SubCategories correctly. The following code is working:

private Album CreateNewSmugMugGallery(string locationAbbrev, string divisionAbbrev, string sessionTitle, string sessionAbbrev)
{
    string year = sessionAbbrev.Substring(sessionAbbrev.Length - 4);
    Album sessionGallery = null;
    Album gallery = new Album();
    gallery.Title = sessionTitle;
    gallery.NiceName = sessionAbbrev;
    try
    {
	// retrieve the entire folder structure
	List<Smugmug.Category> locationCategoryList = this.MySmugMugSession.GetCategories().ToList();
	Category locationCat = locationCategoryList.Where(loc => locationAbbrev.Equals(loc.NiceName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).FirstOrDefault();
	if (locationCat == null)
	{
	    locationCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateCategory(ucLocationDropDownList.SelectedText, locationAbbrev);
	    SubCategory divisionCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateSubCategory(locationCat.Id, divisionAbbrev);
	    SubCategory yearCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateSubCategory(divisionCat.Id, year);
	    gallery.Category = locationCat;
	    gallery.SubCategory = yearCat;
	    sessionGallery = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateAlbum(gallery);
	}
	else
	{
	    // location folder already exists
	    // look for Division
	    List<SubCategory> divisionCatList = this.MySmugMugSession.GetSubCategories(locationCat.Id, null).ToList();
	    SubCategory divisionCat = divisionCatList.Where(d => divisionAbbrev.Equals(d.NiceName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
							|| divisionAbbrev.Equals(d.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)).FirstOrDefault();
	    if (divisionCat == null)
	    {
		// division folder does not exist under location
		divisionCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateSubCategory(locationCat.Id, divisionAbbrev);
		SubCategory yearCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateSubCategory(divisionCat.Id, year);
		gallery.Category = locationCat;
		gallery.SubCategory = yearCat;
		sessionGallery = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateAlbum(gallery);
	    }
	    else
	    {
		// division folder already exists
		List<SubCategory> yearCatList = this.MySmugMugSession.GetSubCategories(divisionCat.Id, null).ToList();
		SubCategory yearCat = yearCatList.Where(y => year == y.Name).FirstOrDefault();
		if (yearCat == null)
		{
		    // year folder does not exist under division
		    yearCat = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateSubCategory(divisionCat.Id, year);
		    gallery.Category = locationCat;
		    gallery.SubCategory = yearCat;
		    sessionGallery = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateAlbum(gallery);
		}
		else
		{
		    // year folder already exists
		    gallery.Category = locationCat;
		    gallery.SubCategory = yearCat;
		    sessionGallery = this.MySmugMugSession.CreateAlbum(gallery);
		}
	    }
	}
    }
    finally 
    {
	this.MySmugMugSession.Logout();
    }

    if (sessionGallery == null)
    {
	throw new Exception("Unable to create SmugMug folders and/or gallery for URL:  " + this.SmugMugGalleryUrl);
    }
    else if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sessionGallery.Url))
    {
	// it was just created, so we need to fetch it again for its URL and other generated values
	sessionGallery = this.MySmugMugSession.GetAlbum(sessionGallery.Id, sessionGallery.Key);
    }
    return sessionGallery;
}