> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
> find a suitable answer yet.

> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
> the web.

> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
> test case
> def up_photo(test_image)
>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>    puts response
> end

> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
> get after uploading the picture:
> http://pastie.org/470038

> Am I missing something?

> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> Cheers,
> -Jeff

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <leonardo.j...@gmail.com>wrote:

>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
>> find a suitable answer yet.

>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>> the web.

>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>> test case
>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>    puts response
>> end

>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
>> get after uploading the picture:
>> http://pastie.org/470038

>> Am I missing something?

>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried the
> same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting this:

> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
> image.":String
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
> `initialize'
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
> `exception'
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
> `raise'
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
> `make_request'
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
> `make_file_request'
>     from
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
> `post_file'
>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>     from (irb):7
>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so it's
> a valid image.

> Thanks
> PS: This is my ruby version:
> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the test
>> image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>> version of Ruby you are running.

>> Cheers,
>> -Jeff

>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <leonardo.j...@gmail.com>wrote:

>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>>> the web.

>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>> test case
>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>    puts response
>>> end

>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>> Am I missing something?

>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-ruby-util/source/detail?r=29

> But I'm still unable to reproduce your error. I uploaded the file you gave
> successfully. I'm using the stock Ruby with Leopard which seems to be ruby
> 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]

> Can you dig into Wireshark and see what it is sending in the request?

> Cheers,
> -Jeff

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hi Jeff,

>> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried the
>> same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting this:

>> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
>> image.":String
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
>> `initialize'
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>> `exception'
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>> `raise'
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>> `make_request'
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
>> `make_file_request'
>>     from
>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
>> `post_file'
>>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>>     from (irb):7
>>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

>> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so it's
>> a valid image.

>> Thanks
>> PS: This is my ruby version:
>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the
>>> test image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>>> version of Ruby you are running.

>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jeff

>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <leonardo.j...@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:

>>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
>>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
>>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>>>> the web.

>>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>>> test case
>>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>>    puts response
>>>> end

>>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
>>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>>> Am I missing something?

>>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> In lib/gdata/client/base.rb, method make_file_request, the line 64 reads
> like this:
>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file)

> This causes this request to be sent:
> <GData::HTTP::Request:0x15ad8a8 @url="
> http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/leonardoborges.rj/albu...",
> @body=#<File:DSC03698.JPG>, @headers={"Slug"=>"DSC03698.JPG",
> "Authorization"=>"GoogleLogin
> auth=DQAAAHcAAABin-tFCqAN96yAfnDUqaBFBeU4g3r3C4Cogi9gajT9eV9LBenYIy3bpyj-SB y6xro4E8htvuMehmjfuQw8KpjVXS0fYDOjiW1k1bv1aAVJE_BOO5DvOGvtvBGEV1Anu610EL9IT wbyAxBIRrt2DGlV_XpBk8dRR8f0JPJctrWYNQ",
> "Content-Type"=>"image/jpeg",
> "User-Agent"=>"GoogleDataRubyUtil-AnonymousApp", "Content-Length"=>588,
> "GData-Version"=>"1"}, @method=:post>

> If you look at the body, it contains the default representation of the
> method inspect from the object File, instead of the actual data.
> Changing the line to:
>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file.read)
> does the trick. I've just successfully upload the picture.

> If this is really a bug, I can fill in a patch request. Just let me know.

> Tks,
> Leonardo Borges
> www.leonardoborges.com

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>> Well, it seems you have found one bug - the exception code which was
>> recently revamped in a patch missed a case. This is fixed now:

>> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-ruby-util/source/detail?r=29

>> But I'm still unable to reproduce your error. I uploaded the file you gave
>> successfully. I'm using the stock Ruby with Leopard which seems to be ruby
>> 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]

>> Can you dig into Wireshark and see what it is sending in the request?

>> Cheers,
>> -Jeff

>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Hi Jeff,

>>> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried the
>>> same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting this:

>>> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
>>> image.":String
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
>>> `initialize'
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>> `exception'
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>> `raise'
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>> `make_request'
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
>>> `make_file_request'
>>>     from
>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
>>> `post_file'
>>>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>>>     from (irb):7
>>>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

>>> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so
>>> it's a valid image.

>>> Thanks
>>> PS: This is my ruby version:
>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the
>>>> test image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>>>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>>>> version of Ruby you are running.

>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Jeff

>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <
>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
>>>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
>>>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>>>>> the web.

>>>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>>>> test case
>>>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>>>    puts response
>>>>> end

>>>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
>>>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>>>> Am I missing something?

>>>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> case request.body
> when String
>   req.body = request.body
> when Hash
>   req.set_form_data(request.body)
> when File
>   req.body_stream = request.body
>   request.chunked = true
> when GData::HTTP::MimeBody
>   req.body_stream = request.body
>   request.chunked = true
> else
>   req.body = request.body.to_s
> end

> Notice that when the body is a File object, we set the body_stream to be
> the file object and tell it to use chunked encoding. This causes Net::HTTP
> to read from that file object when sending its request.

> So I don't think this is the bug, though it could be there is some bug with
> how Net::HTTP is doing the chunked encoding that is broken for 1.8.7.

> Cheers,
> -Jeff

> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Jeff, I believe I found another bug. After I sent you my last email I went
>> digging in gdata's source code and found the reason for that specific
>> exception.

>> In lib/gdata/client/base.rb, method make_file_request, the line 64 reads
>> like this:
>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file)

>> This causes this request to be sent:
>> <GData::HTTP::Request:0x15ad8a8 @url="
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/leonardoborges.rj/albu...",
>> @body=#<File:DSC03698.JPG>, @headers={"Slug"=>"DSC03698.JPG",
>> "Authorization"=>"GoogleLogin
>> auth=DQAAAHcAAABin-tFCqAN96yAfnDUqaBFBeU4g3r3C4Cogi9gajT9eV9LBenYIy3bpyj-SB y6xro4E8htvuMehmjfuQw8KpjVXS0fYDOjiW1k1bv1aAVJE_BOO5DvOGvtvBGEV1Anu610EL9IT wbyAxBIRrt2DGlV_XpBk8dRR8f0JPJctrWYNQ",
>> "Content-Type"=>"image/jpeg",
>> "User-Agent"=>"GoogleDataRubyUtil-AnonymousApp", "Content-Length"=>588,
>> "GData-Version"=>"1"}, @method=:post>

>> If you look at the body, it contains the default representation of the
>> method inspect from the object File, instead of the actual data.
>> Changing the line to:
>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file.read)
>> does the trick. I've just successfully upload the picture.

>> If this is really a bug, I can fill in a patch request. Just let me know.

>> Tks,
>> Leonardo Borges
>> www.leonardoborges.com

>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>> Well, it seems you have found one bug - the exception code which was
>>> recently revamped in a patch missed a case. This is fixed now:

>>> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-ruby-util/source/detail?r=29

>>> But I'm still unable to reproduce your error. I uploaded the file you
>>> gave successfully. I'm using the stock Ruby with Leopard which seems to be
>>> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]

>>> Can you dig into Wireshark and see what it is sending in the request?

>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jeff

>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> Hi Jeff,

>>>> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried the
>>>> same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting this:

>>>> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
>>>> image.":String
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
>>>> `initialize'
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>> `exception'
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>> `raise'
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>> `make_request'
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
>>>> `make_file_request'
>>>>     from
>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
>>>> `post_file'
>>>>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>>>>     from (irb):7
>>>>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

>>>> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so
>>>> it's a valid image.

>>>> Thanks
>>>> PS: This is my ruby version:
>>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the
>>>>> test image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>>>>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>>>>> version of Ruby you are running.

>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> -Jeff

>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <
>>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but didn't
>>>>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>>>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>>>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>>>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to upload
>>>>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>>>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>>>>>> the web.

>>>>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>>>>> test case
>>>>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>>>>    puts response
>>>>>> end

>>>>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response I
>>>>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>>>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>>>>> Am I missing something?

>>>>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> I'm gonna keep on digging to see if I can find the root cause of it in
> 1.8.7.

> regards,
> Leonardo Borges
> www.leonardoborges.com

> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>> Well you don't want to buffer the whole file into memory (think about when
>> you are uploading a 800MB YouTube file.) So what happens here is the
>> request's body property is set to a File object, like you noticed, but then
>> in default_service.rb:

>> case request.body
>> when String
>>   req.body = request.body
>> when Hash
>>   req.set_form_data(request.body)
>> when File
>>   req.body_stream = request.body
>>   request.chunked = true
>> when GData::HTTP::MimeBody
>>   req.body_stream = request.body
>>   request.chunked = true
>> else
>>   req.body = request.body.to_s
>> end

>> Notice that when the body is a File object, we set the body_stream to be
>> the file object and tell it to use chunked encoding. This causes Net::HTTP
>> to read from that file object when sending its request.

>> So I don't think this is the bug, though it could be there is some bug
>> with how Net::HTTP is doing the chunked encoding that is broken for 1.8.7.

>> Cheers,
>> -Jeff

>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Jeff, I believe I found another bug. After I sent you my last email I
>>> went digging in gdata's source code and found the reason for that specific
>>> exception.

>>> In lib/gdata/client/base.rb, method make_file_request, the line 64 reads
>>> like this:
>>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file)

>>> This causes this request to be sent:
>>> <GData::HTTP::Request:0x15ad8a8 @url="
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/leonardoborges.rj/albu...",
>>> @body=#<File:DSC03698.JPG>, @headers={"Slug"=>"DSC03698.JPG",
>>> "Authorization"=>"GoogleLogin
>>> auth=DQAAAHcAAABin-tFCqAN96yAfnDUqaBFBeU4g3r3C4Cogi9gajT9eV9LBenYIy3bpyj-SB y6xro4E8htvuMehmjfuQw8KpjVXS0fYDOjiW1k1bv1aAVJE_BOO5DvOGvtvBGEV1Anu610EL9IT wbyAxBIRrt2DGlV_XpBk8dRR8f0JPJctrWYNQ",
>>> "Content-Type"=>"image/jpeg",
>>> "User-Agent"=>"GoogleDataRubyUtil-AnonymousApp", "Content-Length"=>588,
>>> "GData-Version"=>"1"}, @method=:post>

>>> If you look at the body, it contains the default representation of the
>>> method inspect from the object File, instead of the actual data.
>>> Changing the line to:
>>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file.read)
>>> does the trick. I've just successfully upload the picture.

>>> If this is really a bug, I can fill in a patch request. Just let me know.

>>> Tks,
>>> Leonardo Borges
>>> www.leonardoborges.com

>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>> Well, it seems you have found one bug - the exception code which was
>>>> recently revamped in a patch missed a case. This is fixed now:

>>>> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-ruby-util/source/detail?r=29

>>>> But I'm still unable to reproduce your error. I uploaded the file you
>>>> gave successfully. I'm using the stock Ruby with Leopard which seems to be
>>>> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]

>>>> Can you dig into Wireshark and see what it is sending in the request?

>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Jeff

>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>> Hi Jeff,

>>>>> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried
>>>>> the same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting
>>>>> this:

>>>>> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
>>>>> image.":String
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
>>>>> `initialize'
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>> `exception'
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>> `raise'
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>> `make_request'
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
>>>>> `make_file_request'
>>>>>     from
>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
>>>>> `post_file'
>>>>>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>>>>>     from (irb):7
>>>>>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

>>>>> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so
>>>>> it's a valid image.

>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> PS: This is my ruby version:
>>>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>>>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the
>>>>>> test image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>>>>>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>>>>>> version of Ruby you are running.

>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> -Jeff

>>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <
>>>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but
>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>>>>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>>>>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>>>>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to
>>>>>>> upload
>>>>>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>>>>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted over
>>>>>>> the web.

>>>>>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>>>>>> test case
>>>>>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>>>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>>>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>>>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>>>>>    puts response
>>>>>>> end

>>>>>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>>>>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>>>>>> Am I missing something?

>>>>>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.

> Cheers,
> -Jeff

> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Tks for the update Jeff.

>> I'm gonna keep on digging to see if I can find the root cause of it in
>> 1.8.7.

>> regards,
>> Leonardo Borges
>> www.leonardoborges.com

>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>> Well you don't want to buffer the whole file into memory (think about
>>> when you are uploading a 800MB YouTube file.) So what happens here is the
>>> request's body property is set to a File object, like you noticed, but then
>>> in default_service.rb:

>>> case request.body
>>> when String
>>>   req.body = request.body
>>> when Hash
>>>   req.set_form_data(request.body)
>>> when File
>>>   req.body_stream = request.body
>>>   request.chunked = true
>>> when GData::HTTP::MimeBody
>>>   req.body_stream = request.body
>>>   request.chunked = true
>>> else
>>>   req.body = request.body.to_s
>>> end

>>> Notice that when the body is a File object, we set the body_stream to be
>>> the file object and tell it to use chunked encoding. This causes Net::HTTP
>>> to read from that file object when sending its request.

>>> So I don't think this is the bug, though it could be there is some bug
>>> with how Net::HTTP is doing the chunked encoding that is broken for 1.8.7.

>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jeff

>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> Jeff, I believe I found another bug. After I sent you my last email I
>>>> went digging in gdata's source code and found the reason for that specific
>>>> exception.

>>>> In lib/gdata/client/base.rb, method make_file_request, the line 64 reads
>>>> like this:
>>>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file)

>>>> This causes this request to be sent:
>>>> <GData::HTTP::Request:0x15ad8a8 @url="
>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/leonardoborges.rj/albu...",
>>>> @body=#<File:DSC03698.JPG>, @headers={"Slug"=>"DSC03698.JPG",
>>>> "Authorization"=>"GoogleLogin
>>>> auth=DQAAAHcAAABin-tFCqAN96yAfnDUqaBFBeU4g3r3C4Cogi9gajT9eV9LBenYIy3bpyj-SB y6xro4E8htvuMehmjfuQw8KpjVXS0fYDOjiW1k1bv1aAVJE_BOO5DvOGvtvBGEV1Anu610EL9IT wbyAxBIRrt2DGlV_XpBk8dRR8f0JPJctrWYNQ",
>>>> "Content-Type"=>"image/jpeg",
>>>> "User-Agent"=>"GoogleDataRubyUtil-AnonymousApp", "Content-Length"=>588,
>>>> "GData-Version"=>"1"}, @method=:post>

>>>> If you look at the body, it contains the default representation of the
>>>> method inspect from the object File, instead of the actual data.
>>>> Changing the line to:
>>>>           response = self.make_request(method, url, file.read)
>>>> does the trick. I've just successfully upload the picture.

>>>> If this is really a bug, I can fill in a patch request. Just let me
>>>> know.

>>>> Tks,
>>>> Leonardo Borges
>>>> www.leonardoborges.com

>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>>> Well, it seems you have found one bug - the exception code which was
>>>>> recently revamped in a patch missed a case. This is fixed now:

>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/gdata-ruby-util/source/detail?r=29

>>>>> But I'm still unable to reproduce your error. I uploaded the file you
>>>>> gave successfully. I'm using the stock Ruby with Leopard which seems to be
>>>>> ruby 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0]

>>>>> Can you dig into Wireshark and see what it is sending in the request?

>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> -Jeff

>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Leonardo Borges Barbosa <
>>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> Hi Jeff,

>>>>>> I was trying that for a project at work so I just got home and tried
>>>>>> the same code with the attached image - which is bigger - and I'm getting
>>>>>> this:

>>>>>> NoMethodError: undefined method `status_code' for "Not a valid
>>>>>> image.":String
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client.rb:50:in
>>>>>> `initialize'
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>>> `exception'
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>>> `raise'
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:89:i n
>>>>>> `make_request'
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:64:i n
>>>>>> `make_file_request'
>>>>>>     from
>>>>>> /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/gdata-1.1.0/lib/gdata/client/base.rb:123: in
>>>>>> `post_file'
>>>>>>     from ./picasa.rb:54:in `up_photo'
>>>>>>     from (irb):7
>>>>>>     from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/exceptions.rb:75

>>>>>> As a side node, the attached image is in one of my albums as well, so
>>>>>> it's a valid image.

>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> PS: This is my ruby version:
>>>>>> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9]

>>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jeff Fisher <api.jfis...@google.com>wrote:

>>>>>>> Very strange. I just verified I could upload a large image (since the
>>>>>>> test image is minuscule) and it worked with a 5100×3338 pixel image. Can you
>>>>>>> e-mail me an image that is failing for you? Also it might help to know what
>>>>>>> version of Ruby you are running.

>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> -Jeff

>>>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Leonardo Borges <
>>>>>>> leonardo.j...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>> Hey guys, I've searched the knowledge base about this issue but
>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>> find a suitable answer yet.

>>>>>>>> Using ruby with the gdata gem, I'm able to list all albums in my
>>>>>>>> account, get information like title, number of photos and etc.

>>>>>>>> I am also able to create new albums perfectly but when I try to
>>>>>>>> upload
>>>>>>>> any picture, this is how my album looks like:
>>>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/leonardoborges.rj/TestAlbum

>>>>>>>> As you can see, seems like the data was not properly transmitted
>>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>>> the web.

>>>>>>>> This is how my upload code looks like: - pretty much taken from the
>>>>>>>> test case
>>>>>>>> def up_photo(test_image)
>>>>>>>>    mime_type = 'image/jpeg'

>>>>>>>>    response = @@client.post_file(@@atom_url,
>>>>>>>>      test_image, mime_type).to_xml

>>>>>>>>    puts response
>>>>>>>> end

>>>>>>>> And in the following link you can check the contents of the response
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> get after uploading the picture:
>>>>>>>> http://pastie.org/470038

>>>>>>>> Am I missing something?

>>>>>>>> PS: The image is below the 20MB limit.