Calendar Resource ID API/UI Discrepancy

[andy]

There is a problem with discrepancies between the resource ID shown in the Google Apps UI and the resource ID used in the API.  When creating and interacting with resources via the API (as per: http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/calendar_resource/docs/1.0/calendar_resource_developers_guide_protocol.html), then a resource ID needs to be provided.  This can be supplied when creating a resource and for interacting with an existing resource.

A resource ID is also available in the Google Apps Resource UI.  For example, copied from the resource page in the control panel, exact IDs have been changed for anonymity:

Email address

domain.com_746573747465737474657374@resource.calendar.google.com

Use this email address to access this resource in calendar.

Resource identifier

2439470685555

Use this identifier to access this resource from the API.

When obtaining a list of resources via the API, the returned resource IDs do not match the ID in the UI.

In the example above the resource ID shown in the UI is 243947068555, whereas the ID used by the API is testtesttest.  The XML fragment below is data returned from the API (listing resources), and no trace of the resource ID specified in the UI can be seen.  Note that the email address is the same (marked in green).

<entry><id>https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest</id><updated>2011-05-31T08:37:26.075Z</updated><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest'/><apps:property name='resourceId' value='testtesttest'/><apps:property name='resourceCommonName' value='test'/><apps:property name='resourceEmail' value='domain.com_746573747465737474657374@resource.calendar.google.com'/><apps:property name='resourceDescription' value='test'/><apps:property name='resourceType' value='test'/></entry>

Because of this discrepancy it is not possible to use the resource ID as specified in the UI to interact with existing resources as should be the case.  This presents a real problem when trying to update an existing resource.  It is not possible to use the email address in a consistent way to identify a resource as the email address cannot be specified at resource creation time.

The resource ID in the UI did match the resource ID in the API in the past and has broken recently.

This problem has broken an existing application that was using this feature and required admins to locate the correct resource ID and enter in the application. There does not appear to be a workaround for this other than to offer another tool to read the existing calendar resource IDs as the API sees them.

Is this issue known?  What is the ID that is shown in the UI, it does not match anything in the UI data?  Can it be corrected?  

Thanks,

Andrew

[Claudio Cherubino]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for the detailed report.

I followed the steps and reproduced the issue on my test domain, I'm not aware of any recent changes that lead to this discrepancy, so I asked the engineering team to investigate.

I'll get back to you as soon as I have any updates.

Claudio

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:12 PM, andy <andrew...@cloudsolutions.co.uk> wrote:

There is a problem with discrepancies between the resource ID shown in the Google Apps UI and the resource ID used in the API.  When creating and interacting with resources via the API (as per: http://code.google.com/googleapps/domain/calendar_resource/docs/1.0/calendar_resource_developers_guide_protocol.html), then a resource ID needs to be provided.  This can be supplied when creating a resource and for interacting with an existing resource.

A resource ID is also available in the Google Apps Resource UI.  For example, copied from the resource page in the control panel, exact IDs have been changed for anonymity:

Email address

domain.com_746573...@resource.calendar.google.com

Use this email address to access this resource in calendar.

Resource identifier

2439470685555

Use this identifier to access this resource from the API.

When obtaining a list of resources via the API, the returned resource IDs do not match the ID in the UI.

In the example above the resource ID shown in the UI is 243947068555, whereas the ID used by the API is testtesttest.  The XML fragment below is data returned from the API (listing resources), and no trace of the resource ID specified in the UI can be seen.  Note that the email address is the same (marked in green).

<entry><id>https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest</id><updated>2011-05-31T08:37:26.075Z</updated><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://apps-apis.google.com/a/feeds/calendar/resource/2.0/domain.com/testtesttest'/><apps:property name='resourceId' value='testtesttest'/><apps:property name='resourceCommonName' value='test'/><apps:property name='resourceEmail' value='domain.com_746573...@resource.calendar.google.com'/><apps:property name='resourceDescription' value='test'/><apps:property name='resourceType' value='test'/></entry>

Because of this discrepancy it is not possible to use the resource ID as specified in the UI to interact with existing resources as should be the case.  This presents a real problem when trying to update an existing resource.  It is not possible to use the email address in a consistent way to identify a resource as the email address cannot be specified at resource creation time.

The resource ID in the UI did match the resource ID in the API in the past and has broken recently.

This problem has broken an existing application that was using this feature and required admins to locate the correct resource ID and enter in the application. There does not appear to be a workaround for this other than to offer another tool to read the existing calendar resource IDs as the API sees them.

Is this issue known?  What is the ID that is shown in the UI, it does not match anything in the UI data?  Can it be corrected?  

Thanks,

Andrew

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[andy]

Hi Claudio,

Thanks for looking into this - has there been any feedback yet?

Andrew

[Claudio Cherubino]

Not yet, I'll update this post as soon as I have news to share.

Thanks

Claudio

Andrew

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[Claudio Cherubino]

Andrew,

The engineers found a bug in the UI which is showing the wrong identifier.

The bug is already fixed and the patch is going through our QA process before being released to production. It is likely to land there in about two weeks.

Thanks for your patience

Claudio

[andy]

Hi Claudio,

Thanks for the update - I will look out for the correct identifiers in a couple of weeks.

Andrew

[Claudio Cherubino]

Andrew,

You probably noticed the change already, if not please note that this bug has been fixed.

Thanks for reporting it

Claudio