Bug uploading photo for recently created contact.
martinlong1978
through the Java API, so it would suggest this is a server issue.
When I create a contact there is some kind of race condition, meaning
that _sometimes_ (about 1 in 3) I cannot upload an image for that
contact.
To create the contact:
Uri feedUri = new Uri
(ContactsQuery.CreateContactsUri("default")); // This appears to be
redundent
Feed<Contact> feed = cr.GetContacts();
entry = cr.Insert(feed, entry);
updatePicture();
To upload the photo:
// I've tried up to a 1 min delay before this.
entry = cr.Update(entry);
Console.WriteLine(entry.PhotoUri);
cr.SetPhoto(entry, photoStream);
I get a GDataRequestException:
{"Execution of request failed:
http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/test...@longhome.co.uk/20d591310a37df9d"}
{"The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found."}
However, when I query the feed, it's there, I get:
<entry>
<id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/
base/20d591310a37df9d</id>
<updated>2009-12-16T22:28:40.737Z</updated>
<category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind' term='http://
schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'/>
<title type='text'>xxxxxxx</title>
<content type='text'></content>
<link rel='http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit-photo'
type='image/*' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/
testuser%40longhome.co.uk/20d591310a37df9d/1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg'/>
<link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://
www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/full/20d591310a37df9d'/>
<link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://
www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/full/20d591310a37df9d/1261002520737000'/>
<gd:phoneNumber rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#mobile'>+
+44xxxxxxxxx</gd:phoneNumber>
</entry>
dflorey
On Dec 16, 11:37 pm, martinlong1978 <mar...@longhome.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm using the .NET api now, although I've seen exactly the same
> through the Java API, so it would suggest this is a server issue.
>
> When I create a contact there is some kind of race condition, meaning
> that _sometimes_ (about 1 in 3) I cannot upload an image for that
> contact.
>
> To create the contact:
>
> Uri feedUri = new Uri
> (ContactsQuery.CreateContactsUri("default")); // This appears to be
> redundent
> Feed<Contact> feed = cr.GetContacts();
> entry = cr.Insert(feed, entry);
> updatePicture();
>
> To upload the photo:
>
> // I've tried up to a 1 min delay before this.
> entry = cr.Update(entry);
> Console.WriteLine(entry.PhotoUri);
> cr.SetPhoto(entry, photoStream);
>
> I get a GDataRequestException:
>
> {"Execution of request failed:
> http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/testu...@longhome.co.uk/20d591310a37df9d"}
>
> {"The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found."}
>
> However, when I query the feed, it's there, I get:
>
> <entry>
> <id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/
> base/20d591310a37df9d</id>
> <updated>2009-12-16T22:28:40.737Z</updated>
> <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'term='http://
> schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'/>
> <title type='text'>xxxxxxx</title>
> <content type='text'></content>
> <link rel='http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit-photo'
> type='image/*' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/
> testuser%40longhome.co.uk/20d591310a37df9d/1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg'/>
> <link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/full/20d59...>
> <link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/full/20d59...>
martinlong1978
Slightly different circumstances, as my is a new contact, not an
updated one, but it looks like the same underlying issue.
Unfortunately I cannot wait for an ETag change, because the contact is
new - I can't see the ETag updating once the contact is created.
Waiting for 1 minute would mean it could take 2 hours to sync 120
contacts, unless I set up a workerthread to upload the pictures - God
know what race conditions I'll see then.
"Check the new ETag, wait around 1 minute, and retry few times if it
fails" - OUCH! I hope this is fixed soon.
Martin
On Dec 17, 10:00 am, dflorey <daniel.flo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> See:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api/browse_thread/thre...
> > <link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/ful......>
> > <link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/testuser%40longhome.co.uk/ful......>
martinlong1978
apart, increasing to 30 seconds apart. I gave up in the end. This is
still failing. Once a photo fails to upload for a contact, it seems to
fail consistently for every subsequent attempt.
Julian (Google)
A good strategy is to create all the contacts and store the photo URLs
during the creation process, then upload all the photos after all
contacts have been created. Please try that and let us know how it
goes.
Cheers,
Julian
Martin Long
sync, then the effect will be the same.
Interestingly last night when I tried the separate thread I was
getting a lot of ' precondition failed' issues. I'll report back when
I get the chance.
Martin
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martinlong1978
getting "precondition failed" and all sorts. I think this area of the
API needs some attention.
dflorey
It should be possible to update/create a contact with both contact data
+photo.
It's really a mess to schedule the photo upload especially when
running on app engine where you cannot schedule tasks dynamically.