flickr.photosets.editPhotos() with many photo_ids gives 414 Request-URI Too Large

[sybrenstuvel]

Originally reported by: Dan Connolly (Bitbucket: DanC, GitHub: DanC)

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I can call editPhotos() with 100 photo_ids just fine, but when I use 1000, I get:

FlickrError: do_request: Status code 414 received

In do_request, I see it always does HTTP GET:

 req = requests.get(url,
                           params=params,
                           auth=self.oauth,
                           headers={'Connection': 'close'})

Shouldn't it do a POST here?

The flickr docs say, "Note: This method requires an HTTP POST request."

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/sybren/flickrapi/issue/59

[sybrenstuvel]

Original comment by Sybren Stüvel (Bitbucket: sybren, GitHub: sybren):

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You're right, it should be a POST.

[sybrenstuvel]

Original comment by Sybren Stüvel (Bitbucket: sybren, GitHub: sybren):

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Fix #59 using POST instead of GET

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Original comment by Zach Maillard (Bitbucket: sagebrushgis, GitHub: sagebrushgis):

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This might be a limitation at Yahoo. I was receiving the same error with the updated code. I manually tried to use the Api Explorer at Flickr https://www.flickr.com/services/api/explore/flickr.photosets.editPhotos with the ID's in question, and received the following error for a set with 980 images:

The requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.
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[sybrenstuvel]

Original comment by Sybren Stüvel (Bitbucket: sybren, GitHub: sybren):

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It makes sense that Yahoo! has limitations as well. It shouldn't be too hard to divide your requests into smaller chunks.

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Original comment by Dan Connolly (Bitbucket: DanC, GitHub: DanC):

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Use http POST. It doesn't have such low side limits.

Dan Connolly
http://www.madmode.com

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Original comment by Sybren Stüvel (Bitbucket: sybren, GitHub: sybren):

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I know, which is what happened in commit ffcd6f792660. GET vs POST shouldn't be an issue with the latest (2.1.2) version, as it only performs POST.