How to upload pdf and pptx files to google docs via the gdata python client?

Question

Hi there, world

I'm using the gdata python client for the google docs api for a project. I use oauth authentication and all the dance, and have successfully uploaded .doc, .xls and every file type in Their FAQ. but I cannot seem to upload pdf files, even though is right there, listed on the supported filetypes. I tried with the latest version of gdata (released last week) to no avail. Also, I'd like to be able to upload .pptx files, though I realize that that extension is not supported.

Has anybody out there succesfully uploaded a pdf file to google docs via their gdata python client?

Answer 1

Done. First did this http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=591#c77

but now I was getting a bad request error "invalid request uri". So I then discovered in another google thread that the uri for the v3.0 apis was no longer http://docs.google.com/feeds/folders/private/full/<resource-id> but http://docs.google.com/feeds/default/private/full/<resource-id>/contents

Hacked my copy of gdata to replace folders with default and append /contents and voilà, now it worked for pdfs and all the other supported stuff.

Haven't solved the pptx issue, though...

Answer 2

@lfborjas: In wich of gData did you make this changes??