Re: reason="There was a problem finding the specified image." - AeMfs - com.googlegroups.google-base-data-api

11 messages in com.googlegroups.google-base-data-apiRe: reason="There was a problem findi...

From	Sent On	Attachments
test	18 Mar 2008 00:20
Dal...@ PBPost	18 Mar 2008 12:14
Jeff S	19 Mar 2008 11:47
Dal...@ PBPost	19 Mar 2008 12:08
lozi...@gmail.com	20 Mar 2008 06:27
test	21 Mar 2008 04:58
Dal...@ PBPost	26 Mar 2008 10:25
AeMfs	07 Apr 2008 00:49
Alex	07 Apr 2008 16:13
AeMfs	09 Apr 2008 02:42
Alex Dovlecel	11 Apr 2008 09:20

Subject:	Re: reason="There was a problem finding the specified image."
From:	AeMfs (aemf...@gmail.com)
Date:	04/09/2008 02:42:09 AM
List:	com.googlegroups.google-base-data-api

Hello Alex,

Thanks for your suggestions. Yes I've also successfully inserted 3 items to Googlebase with image_link attribute at my local server. But my problem is in the production server. There I have to insert/ update 6000-7000 odd items in twice a week basis. It was working perfect till march 1st week then it broke out but in march 26 again it worked. But after that I 'm getting the same problem again. None of my items are getting posted those are having image but items without an image getting inserted w/o any error.

I'm getting the following error message for all of my items having an image associated.

********************************************************************************************************************************************************** Error Message :Google.GData.Client.GDataRequestException: Execution of request failed: http://www.google.com/base/feeds/items/224866133474139057 ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request. at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.CheckFinalStatus() at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() at Google.GData.Client.GDataRequest.Execute() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Google.GData.Client.GDataGAuthRequest.Execute(Int32 iRetrying) at Google.GData.Client.GDataGAuthRequest.Execute() at Google.GData.Client.Service.Update(AtomEntry entry) at Google.GData.GoogleBase.GBaseService.Update(GBaseEntry entry) at GoogleBase.AddToGoogle.AddToGoogle_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) Error ResponseString : <errors> <error type="data" field="image_link" reason="There was a problem finding the specified image." /> </errors>

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(1) I'm quite sure there is no problem with GData XML structure as it was working perfect before. (2) I'm submitting 6000 odd items one by one not in batch. (3) Yes, image_link processing still causeing error.

Please advice.

thanks AeMfs

On Apr 8, 4:13 am, Alex <aodo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi AeMfs,

I've just inserted one item with an image. It worked fine, as a single and also batch insert. So I can't reproduce the error you are getting. I will need more information from your side: (1) A couple of the items that fail uploading. GData XML structure you use for writing would be great. (2) How many items do you submit, as part of the batch? (3) Insert some of the items, one by one? Does the image_link processing still cause errors?

Thanks, Alex

On Apr 7, 12:49 am, AeMfs <aemf...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Dale,

Yes during last week of March, this issue has been gone away. Now I'm again facing the same problem. Do you have any problem in uploading or your items are posing well??? Any solution??? Please advice.

thanks AeMfs

On Mar 26, 10:25 pm, "Dale @ PBPost" <thep...@gmail.com> wrote:

This problem has magically gone away. YAY! I just did an upload and all images were successfully linked.

Is there any feedback from the developers on how/why this happened?

Thanks Jeff

Dale

On Mar 21, 7:59 am, test <test...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello jeff,

Yes, the problem is still continuing. Now none of my items are getting posted to google base, those contain images. But item without image_link attribute are working fine. How long it'll continue?? Any idea??

Another question. Does the Media feed option will work for C# client library older version. or I have to download any new version.

Is there any example available for Media feed in an installed application using C#.

Please advice.

many thanks

On Mar 20, 6:28 pm, "lozi...@gmail.com" <lozi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

Jeff, I concur with Dale that this is a problem. I integrated my feed on two separate websites, two separate platforms. Both were working flawlessly until this week (at least I only noticed it this week. Like Dale I had these these on autopilot so I didn't notice right away.) It took me awhile to figure out that it was the image_link causing the problem.

The folks using store connector are having the same issue:

http://groups.google.com/group/base-help-bulk/browse_thread/thread/17...

I did manage to get my integration working again with the media feed, but it does slow things down on my end and I can certainly sympathize with Dale that this could be a really less-than-ideal solution for others.

Good luck figuring this out! :)

Aaron

On Mar 19, 2:08 pm, "Dale @ PBPost" <thep...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for responding Jeff,

As of 15:00 EST on 3/19/2008, the problem still exists for all of my feeds. I am still sending the feeds but am forced to not send any image/preview links.

Unfortunately, all of the items sent to Googlebase in our daily feed provide use images hosted in our various portals. The images for these items (or stock images) are all stored and managed through these various channels. Uploading the images to Google's media feed would entail pulling the image down from each of these locations (using the same URL i'm currently trying to send to Googlebase) and then uploading the images up to Google ... then updating my feeds before i send it to use the image stored on Google's media hub rather than the native image stored where the ad/item actually exists.

Up until about a week ago, I had never had any issues with images. Considering that the stock images that i sometimes use have not changed for over a year, I can only deduce that this issue must be related to a change in the Googlebase API or processing.

Thank you for looking into this. Please let me know if you need a sample feed (request/response). Just in case, here is a link to one of the stock images used some of the
time.http://mhe.palmbeachpost.coxnewsweb.com/ad_image/pbp.jpg

Thanks,

Dale

On Mar 19, 2:47 pm, Jeff S <j....@google.com> wrote:

Hello,

I'm not aware of any issues but I'll check to make sure. If you are using the API to post or update your items, you might consider sending the images to Google Base using the new media feed.

http://code.google.com/apis/base/starting-out.html#media_feed

Please let me know if this problem persists.

Happy coding,

Jeff

On Mar 18, 3:14 pm, "Dale @ PBPost" <thep...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am also seeing this same error which started a few days ago. My feed has been rock-solid for many months now and it is fully automated so i didn't notice the problem for a couple of days. The images are valid and are not re-directions. I typcally submit between 1000 and 5000 ads per day and have never had this problem before. Now, any ad that has an image is being rejected (all of them). My only option is to not send any ad images. UGH!

Has something changed in Google's image validation code? Any new rules?

Thanks Jeff!

On Mar 18, 3:21 am, test <test...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I am using googlebase api to add/update items to googlebase.Few days before the application runs perfectly and around 5000 items are posted to googlebase without any error.But on 14th March when i am trying to posted my items to googlebase i got an error as "There was a problem finding the specified image" for which out of 5000 items around 30 to 40 items are posted to googlebase successfully and rest are rejected due to the error message : "There was a problem finding the specified image " , can anybody help me on this regards . i want to know what are the resone of this type of error and how to fix it.

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