Feature Request: API calls with no return data

devbobo · March 10, 2005

Don,

I am currently in the process of building a Firefox extension for Smugmug using the nsIXmlRpcClient interface.

The problem that I have found is when I do a function call (eg. getImages on an empty album) where no data exists, the API returns unpopulated XML, however, the nsIXmlRpcClient interface in this situation doesn't fire the onResult function.

Under these conditions, it makes it extremely difficult to do cleanup on asynchronous events, especially when trying to give user feedback on loading status, etc.

I was hoping that you might be able to include a BOOL or INT into result of set function calls, so that some sort of information always exists.

I am open to other suggestions

Thanks,

David

onethumb · March 10, 2005

devbobo wrote:

Don,

I am currently in the process of building a Firefox extension for Smugmug using the nsIXmlRpcClient interface.

The problem that I have found is when I do a function call (eg. getImages on an empty album) where no data exists, the API returns unpopulated XML, however, the nsIXmlRpcClient interface in this situation doesn't fire the onResult function.

Under these conditions, it makes it extremely difficult to do cleanup on asynchronous events, especially when trying to give user feedback on loading status, etc.

I was hoping that you might be able to include a BOOL or INT into result of set function calls, so that some sort of information always exists.

I am open to other suggestions

Thanks,

David

The best thing to do might be to return a fault code of "no images found" or something like that.

Can you give me a preliminary list of functions you're looking at that don't return something that interface likes?

Thanks,

Don

devbobo · March 10, 2005

Don,

The main ones that I have had problems with are...

getSubCategories
getImages
logout

But I also see these as being a problem, if at least one instance didn't exist..

getAlbums
getAlbumTemplates

Thanks,

David

BTW, if ur interested in a preview, drop me a PM.

onethumb wrote:

The best thing to do might be to return a fault code of "no images found" or something like that.

Can you give me a preliminary list of functions you're looking at that don't return something that interface likes?

Thanks,

Don

onethumb · March 10, 2005

devbobo wrote:

Don,

The main ones that I have had problems with are...

getSubCategories
getImages
logout

But I also see these as being a problem, if at least one instance didn't exist..

getAlbums
getAlbumTemplates

Thanks,

David

BTW, if ur interested in a preview, drop me a PM.

Your wish is my command. Try those calls now. (Make sure you're using the new API request URL, api.smugmug.com/xmlrpc/ , rather than the old).

Don

onethumb · March 10, 2005

devbobo wrote:

BTW, if ur interested in a preview, drop me a PM.

(And yes, I'm very interested, but alas, I have PMs disabled. People were getting angry at me when I didn't notice I had them and, thus, wouldn't reply).

I'll drop you an email when I have some free time to take a look.

Don

devbobo · March 10, 2005

SWEET !!!!

Thanks Don

onethumb wrote:

Your wish is my command. Try those calls now. (Make sure you're using the new API request URL, api.smugmug.com/xmlrpc/ , rather than the old).

Don

Feature Request: API calls with no return data

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