Invalid element names in smugmug.albums.get

peterparker

I'm working on what appears to be at least the 2nd Aperture exporter plug-in for SmugMug. I ran into a problem with smugmug.albums.get because it has elements names that start with a number. Not allowed according to XML spec. Any chance this will be fixed in the REST API?

Thanks,
David

devbobo

peterparker wrote:

I'm working on what appears to be at least the 2nd Aperture exporter plug-in for SmugMug. I ran into a problem with smugmug.albums.get because it has elements names that start with a number. Not allowed according to XML spec. Any chance this will be fixed in the REST API?

Thanks,
David

Hi David,

Actually, I think you might be the 3rd or 4th

Can you please post your request url and response.

Cheers,

David

peterparker

For example...

<rsp stat="ok">
<method>smugmug.albums.get</method>
<0><AlbumID>1991797</AlbumID><Title>Honeymoon</Title><CategoryID>20</CategoryID><Category>Travel</Category></0>
<1><AlbumID>2033148</AlbumID><Title>Rosi and Max</Title><CategoryID>23</CategoryID><Category>Weddings</Category></1>
<2><AlbumID>2064700</AlbumID><Title>Erica and Tyler</Title><CategoryID>23</CategoryID><Category>Weddings</Category></2>
><AlbumID>1991630</AlbumID><Title>Apple Stuff</Title><CategoryID>26</CategoryID><Category>Computers</Category></3>
<4><AlbumID>2000137</AlbumID><Title>Portraits</Title><CategoryID>27</CategoryID><Category>Photography</Category></4>
</rsp>

The indexing elements are not necessary and are not valid element names.

devbobo

hmm...that looks interesting

can u please also provide the url that you used to generate this response ?

As I think you might be using the wrong endpoint.

Cheers,

David

devbobo

it should look something like this...

http://api.smugmug.com/hack/rest/1.1.1/?method=smugmug.albums.get&SessionID=[snip]

and the response...

[php]
<rsp stat="ok">
<method>smugmug.albums.get</method>
<Albums>
<Album id="1197151">
<Title>Lorne</Title>
<Category id="13">
<Title>Landscapes</Title>
</Category>
</Album>
<Album id="1068138">
<Title>Yarra Glen</Title>
<Category id="13">
<Title>Landscapes</Title>
</Category>
</Album>
<Album id="1056102">
<Title>Melbourne</Title>
<Category id="13">
<Title>Landscapes</Title>
</Category>
</Album>
<Album id="1031195">
<Title>Barwon Heads</Title>
<Category id="13">
<Title>Landscapes</Title>
</Category>
</Album>
<Album id="929680">
<Title>Portland</Title>
<Category id="13">
<Title>Landscapes</Title>
</Category>
</Album></Albums></rsp> [/php]

peterparker

Hmmm, yes I'm just using /rest/ not /rest/1.1.1/

Odd, I can't get session IDs at the moment from smugmug.login.withPassword.

devbobo

peterparker wrote:

Hmmm, yes I'm just using /rest/ not /rest/1.1.1/

Odd, I can't get session IDs at the moment from smugmug.login.withPassword.

use /rest/1.1.1/ for all calls

are the sessionIDs coming back as blank or null ?

peterparker

Self-closing empty element with /rest/1.1.1/, empty element with /rest/

Where are the REST versions documented?

devbobo

peterparker wrote:

Self-closing empty element with /rest/1.1.1/, empty element with /rest/

Where are the REST versions documented?

try clearing your cookie

http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome

peterparker

Cancel that, found the 1.1.1 info in the Wiki.

peterparker

That did the trick, thanks. And the 1.1.1 XML looks much better.

wschwartz

This thread just helped me solve the exact same problem I was having. thanks!

Another question on this method: is the album list returned always sorted by date last updated? Or is it date last modified? Is there a parameter that can be passed to determine the sort order? I didn't see one in the Wiki so I guess not - but I was hoping maybe there was some undocumented features .

It would also be nice to have some additional meta information about the albums returned here. Date for instance. That way I could at least sort on my end without having to do an individual call for each album returned.

Thanks.