Question

How do I get a specific album from the picasa api?

Currently I am doing something like this:

def album(gd_client, album_id, user):
    all_albums = albums(gd_client,user)
    for album in all_albums:
        if album.service_id == album_id:
            return album

Which means I get all the albums and filter out the one I need.

But there must be an easier and more efficient way.

Thanks!

Answer 1

In Google Data Protocol version 2.0 there is experimental support for PartialResponse, which allows you to filter responses at the server by passing in a fields parameter.

Unfortunately only the Java API supports 2.0, but you can easily add it to the Python API yourself.