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NAME

Net::Google::PicasaWeb - use Google's Picasa Web API

VERSION

version 0.11

SYNOPSIS

use Net::Google::PicasaWeb;

my $service = Net::Google::PicasaWeb->new;

# Login via one of these
$service->login('jondoe@gmail.com', 'north23AZ');

# Working with albums (see Net::Google::PicasaWeb::Album)
my @albums = $service->list_albums( user_id => 'jondoe');
$album->title('Quick Trip To Italy');

# Listing photos (see Net::Google::PicasaWeb::MediaEntry)
my @photos      = $album->list_media_entries; 
my @recent      = $album->list_media_entries( max_results => 10 );
my @puppies     = $album->list_media_entries( q => 'puppies' );
my @all_puppies = $service->list_media_entries( q => 'puppies' );

# Updating/Deleting photos (or video)
$photo->title('Plz to love RealCat');

# Listing tags
my @user_tags  = $service->list_tags( user_id => 'jondoe' );
my @album_tags = $album->list_tags;
my @photo_tags = $photo->list_tags;

# Listing comments (see Net::Google::PicasaWeb::Comment)
my @recent         = $service->list_comments( user_id => 'jondoe', max_results => 10 );
my @photo_comments = $photo->list_comments;

ATTRIBUTES

This module uses Moose to handle attributes and such. These attributes are readable, writable, and may be passed to the constructor unless otherwise noted.

authenticator

This is an Net::Google::AuthSub object used to handle authentication. The default is an instance set to use a service of "lh2" and a source of "Net::Google::PicasaWeb-VERSION".

user_agent

This is an LWP::UserAgent object used to handle web communication.

service_base_url

This is the base URL of the API to contact. This should probably always be http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/ unless Google starts providing alternate URLs or someone has a service providing the same API elsewhere..

xml_namespaces

When parsing the Google Data API response, these are the namespaces that will be used. By default, this is defined as:

{
    'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/'         => 'media',
    'http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007' => 'gphoto',
    'http://www.georss.org/georss'          => 'georss',
    'http://www.opengis.net/gml'            => 'gml',
}

You may add more namespaces to this list, if needed.

METHODS

new

my $service = Net::Google::PicasaWeb->new(%params);

See the "ATTRIBUTES" section for a list of possible parameters.

login

my $success = $service->login($username, $password, %options);

This is a shortcut for performing:

$service->authenticator->login($username, $password, %options);

It has some additional error handling. This method will return a true value on success or die on error.

See Net::Google::AuthSub.

list_albums

my @albums = $service->list_albums(%params);

This will list a set of albums available from Picasa Web Albums. If no %params are set, then this will list the albums belonging to the authenticated user. If the user is not authenticated, this will probably not return anything. Further control is gained by specifying one or more of the following parameters:

user_id

This is the user ID to request a list of albums from. The defaults to "default", which lists those belonging to the current authenticated user.

This method also takes the "STANDARD LIST OPTIONS".

get_album

my $album = $service->get_album(
    user_id  => 'hanenkamp',
    album_id => '5143195220258642177',
);

This will fetch a single album from the Picasa Web Albums using the given user_id and album_id. If user_id is omitted, then "default" will be used instead.

This method returns undef if no such album exists.

list_tags

Returns a list of tags that have been used by the logged user or the user named in the user_id parameter.

This method accepts this parameters:

user_id

The ID of the user to find tags for. Defaults to the current user.

This method also takes all the "STANDARD LIST OPTIONS".

list_comments

Returns comments on photos for the current account or the account given by the user_id parameter.

It accepts the following parameters:

user_id

This is the ID of the user to search for comments within. The comments returned will be commons on photos owned by this user. The default is to search the comments of the authenticated user.

This method also accepts the "STANDARD LIST OPTIONS".

get_comment

my $comment = $service->get_comment(
    user_id    => $user_id,
    album_id   => $album_id,
    photo_id   => $photo_id,
    comment_id => $comment_id,
);

Retrieves a single comment from Picasa Web via the given user_id, album_id, photo_id, and comment_id. If user_id is not given, "default" will be used.

Returns undef if no matching comment is found.

list_media_entries

list_photos

list_videos

Returns photos and videos based on the query options given. If a user_id option is set, the photos returned will be those related to the named user ID. Without a user ID, the photos will be pulled from the general community feed.

It accepts the following parameters:

user_id

If given, the photos will be limited to those owned by this user. If it is set to "default", then the authenticated user will be used. If no user_id is set, then the community feed will be used rather than a specific user. This option may not be combined with featured.

This can be set to a true value to fetch the current featured photos on PicasaWeb. This option is not compatible with user_id.

This method also accepts the "STANDARD LIST OPTIONS".

The "list_photos" and "list_videos" methods are synonyms for "list_media_entries".

get_media_entry

get_photo

get_video

my $media_entry = $service->get_media_entry(
    user_id  => $user_id,
    album_id => $album_id,
    photo_id => $photo_id,
);

Returns a specific photo or video entry when given a user_id, album_id, and photo_id. If user_id is not given, "default" will be used.

If no such photo or video can be found, undef will be returned.

HELPERS

These helper methods are used to do some of the work.

request

my $response = $service->request($method, $path, $query, $content);

This handles the details of making a request to the Google Picasa Web API.

get_entry

my $entry = $service->get_entry($class, $path, %params);

This is used by the get_* methods to pull and initialize a single object from Picasa Web.

list_entries

my @entries = $service->list_entries($class, $path, %params);

This is used by the list_* methods to pull and initialize lists of objects from feeds.

STANDARD LIST OPTIONS

Several of the listing methods return entries that can be modified by setting the following options.

access

This is the http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/reference.html#Visibility to limit the returned results to.

thumbsize

This option is only used when listing albums and photos or videos.

By passing a single scalar or an array reference of scalars, e.g.,

thumbsize => '72c',
thumbsize => [ qw( 104c 640u d ) ],
thumbsize => '1440u,1280u',

You may select the size or sizes of thumbnails attached to the items returned. Please see the http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/reference.html#Parameters|parameters documentation for a description of valid values.

imgmax

This option is only used when listing albums and photos or videos.

This is a single scalar selecting the size of the main image to return with the items found. Please see the http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/reference.html#Parameters|parameters documentation for a description of valid values.

tag

This option is only used when listing albums and photos or videos.

This is a tag name to use to filter the items returned.

q

This is a full-text query string to filter the items returned.

max_results

This is the maximum number of results to be returned.

start_index

This is the 1-based index of the first result to be returned.

bbox

This option is only used when listing albums and photos or videos.

This is the bounding box of geo coordinates to search for items within. The coordinates are given as an array reference of exactly 4 values given in the following order: west, south, east, north.

l

This option is only used when listing albums and photos or videos.

This may be set to the name of a geo location to search for items within. For example, "London".

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Net-Google-PicasaWeb at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-Google-PicasaWeb. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Net::Google::PicasaWeb

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to:

  • Robert May for responding to email messages quickly and transfering ownership of the Net::Google::PicasaWeb namespace and providing some sample code to examine.

  • Simon Wistow for Net::Google::AuthSub, which took care of all the authentication details.

AUTHOR

Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp <hanenkamp@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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