Problem with uploading photos

Sorry for mentioning REST! It is being used to get
frob/token etc
only. As you can see uploading photos, is simple post in the
code below.



--- In yws-flickr@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Boylan"
<BobT...> wrote:
>
> could be because method should come after api_key
(alpha order)
within the post data?  could be the rest api only handles
get requests
(not post)?
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: mridul 
>   To: yws-flickr@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:53 PM
>   Subject: [yws-flickr] Problem with uploading photos
via REST
> 
> 
>   hi,
>   I have been using the following code snippet to
connect to flickr and 
>   upload photos. It is js and some functions in
konfabulator:
> 
>   .......................
>   ......................
> 
>   //request token
>                           
>  
sorted_params=shared_secret+'api_key'+apikey+'frob'+frob_dat
a+ 
>   'methodflickr.auth.getToken'
>                          
signature=hex_md5(sorted_params)
>                           url.postData = 
>  
"method=flickr.auth.getToken&api_key="+apikey+
"&frob="+frob_data+"&api_sig="+

>   signature;
>                           contents = 
>   url.fetch("http://flickr.
com/services/rest/");
> 
>                           print(contents);
> 
>                           //extract token
>                           doc = XMLDOM.parse(contents)
>                           token =
doc.evaluate("string(rsp/auth/token)");
> 
>                           print(token);
>                           //upload the files
>                           
>  
sorted_params=shared_secret+'api_key'+apikey+'auth_token'+to
ken
>                          
signature=hex_md5(sorted_params)
>                           
>  
uploadPhotoMetaData="api_key="+apikey+"&a
uth_token="+token+"&api_sig="+signature+&
quot;&pho
>   to=yahoo.png"
>                           print ("Sending the
followingdata " + 
>   uploadPhotoMetaData)
>                           url.postData=
uploadPhotoMetaData
>                          
url.addPostFile("yahoo.png", 
>   "c:\mridul\yahoo.png");
>                           contents = 
>   url.fetch("http://w
ww.flickr.com/services/upload/");
>                           //openURL(postData);
>                           print (contents);
> 
>   ......................
>   ......................
> 
> 
>   Now while everything works,i.e I get a valid frob and
token etc
(which 
>   has the only small problem,that I need to generally
retry to get a
valid 
>   token twice)....upload photos fails and here is what
I see in the
debug 
>   window of konfab:
> 
>   Sending the followingdata 
>  
api_key=8XXXXXXXXXXX3e2f&auth_token=2XXXX-XXXXXXXXd3&
;api_sig=
>   162b1e542568c869559d395acda21599&photo=yahoo.png
>   <?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8" ?>
>   <rsp stat="fail">
>           <err code="96" msg="Invalid
signature" />
>   </rsp>
> 
> 
>   Could someone point what I am doing wrong?
> 
>   Mridul.
> 
> 
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