Issue 700 in gdata-python-client: Doing a batched delete of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag attribute required" error

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New issue 700 by joh...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of contacts
always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag attribute
required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Prepare a ContactsFeed with contacts to be deleted

request_feed = gdata.contacts.data.ContactsFeed()
request_feed.AddDelete(entry=contact, batch_id_string='delete')

2. Perform ExecuteBatch

response_feed = self.gd_client.ExecuteBatch(
request_feed,
' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/batch '
)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected output would be for the contacts to be deleted. Instead a 403
response with message "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" is returned.

Even with the recommended workaround of adding the "If-Match: *" header
doesn't work:

custom_headers = atom.client.CustomHeaders(**{'If-Match': '*'})
request_feed = gdata.contacts.data.ContactsFeed()
request_feed.AddDelete(entry=contact, batch_id_string='delete')
response_feed = self.gd_client.ExecuteBatch(
request_feed,
' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/batch '
)

What version of the product are you using?

gdata 2.0.18

Please provide any additional information below.

Not sure if it's related, but this started happening when Google required
the "Contacts API" entry in the Cloud Console UI to be enabled. Before,
there was no entry for "Contacts API" in the Cloud Console UI, so I guess
it was enabled by default. But after being added, and it was set to
Disabled by default, things started breaking.

Other discussions on StackOverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23757499/if-match-or-if-none-match-header-or-entry-etag-attribute-required-error-while-up
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2989257/if-match-or-if-none-match-header-or-entry-etag-attribute-required-error-when-t?rq=1
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23576729/getting-if-match-or-if-none-match-header-or-entry-etag-attribute-required-erro

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Comment #1 on issue 700 by joh...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Using the `Batch` method with `force=True` is the same result.

response_feed = self.gd_client.Batch(
request_feed,
uri=' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/batch ',
force=True
)

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Comment #2 on issue 700 by joh...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

There is a typo on the first code snippet (missing custom_headers param).
Should read:

custom_headers = atom.client.CustomHeaders(**{'If-Match': '*'})
request_feed = gdata.contacts.data.ContactsFeed()
request_feed.AddDelete(entry=contact, batch_id_string='delete')
response_feed = self.gd_client.ExecuteBatch(
request_feed,

' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/batch ',
custom_headers=custom_headers

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Comment #3 on issue 700 by administ...@eforcers.com.co : Doing a batched

delete of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or
entry etag attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

im having the same issue

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Comment #4 on issue 700 by alexandr...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Same here.

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Comment #5 on issue 700 by tsarfaty...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
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same - having the same issue. there is a solution?

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Comment #6 on issue 700 by joseph.d...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

I've been digging at it for a few hours, no progress yet. Here's a sample
request feed:

<ns0:feed xmlns:ns0=" http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom "
xmlns:ns1=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005 "
xmlns:ns2=" http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008 "
xmlns:ns3=" http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch "
xmlns:ns4=" http://www.w3.org/2007/app ">
<ns0:entry ns1:etag=""<id>"">
<ns2:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false"
href=" http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/ <user_email>/base/6"/>
<ns2:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false"
href=" http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/ <user_email>/base/<id>"/>

<ns0:id> http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ <user_email>/base/<id></ns0:id>
<ns1:name>
<ns1:fullName>Test Two</ns1:fullName>
<ns1:familyName>Two</ns1:familyName>
<ns1:givenName>Test</ns1:givenName>
</ns1:name>
<ns0:category scheme=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind "
term=" http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact "/>
<ns0:title>Test Two</ns0:title>
<ns0:updated>2014-06-30T22:13:48.049Z</ns0:updated>
<ns3:id>delete</ns3:id>
<ns3:operation type="delete"/>
<ns0:link
href=" https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/ <user_email>/<id>"
rel=" http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo " type="image/*"/>
<ns0:link
href=" https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ <user_email>/full/<id>"
rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/>
<ns0:link
href=" https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ <user_email>/full/<id"
rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/>
<ns4:edited>2014-06-30T22:13:48.049Z</ns4:edited>
</ns0:entry>
<ns0:entry ns1:etag=""<id>"">
<ns2:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false"
href=" http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/ <user_email>/base/6"/>
<ns2:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false"
href=" http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/ <user_email>/base/<id>"/>

<ns0:id> http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ <user_email>/base/<id></ns0:id>
<ns1:name>
<ns1:fullName>Test One</ns1:fullName>
<ns1:familyName>One</ns1:familyName>
<ns1:givenName>Test</ns1:givenName>
</ns1:name>
<ns0:category scheme=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind "
term=" http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact "/>
<ns0:title>Test One</ns0:title>
<ns0:updated>2014-06-30T22:13:44.164Z</ns0:updated>
<ns3:id>delete</ns3:id>
<ns3:operation type="delete"/>
<ns0:link
href=" https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/ <user_email>/<id>"
rel=" http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo " type="image/*"/>
<ns0:link
href=" https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ <user_email>/full/<id>"
rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/>
<ns4:edited>2014-06-30T22:13:44.164Z</ns4:edited>
</ns0:entry>
</ns0:feed>

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Comment #7 on issue 700 by jahny.t...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

I had the same problem, but i found (few days ago), that if you replace in
request feed the namespace prefix of
xmlns:ns1=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005 " to 'gd' (ns1 > gd), it's
working.
You can try it in OAuth 2.0 Playground.

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Comment #8 on issue 700 by joseph.d...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Thanks, that worked! I ended up making a modification to gdata/client.py, I
couldn't figure out a better way to override it from my own code. I'll have
to do some more testing to make sure it doesn't hurt anything. It should
get me by for now. Here's the change:

In data/client.py:

def post(self, entry, uri, auth_token=None, converter=None,
desired_class=None, **kwargs):
if converter is None and desired_class is None:
desired_class = entry.__class__
http_request = atom.http_core.HttpRequest()
+ entry_string = entry.to_string(get_xml_version(self.api_version))
+ entry_string = entry_string.replace('ns1', 'gd')
http_request.add_body_part(
- entry.to_string(get_xml_version(self.api_version)),
+ entry_string,
'application/atom+xml')
return self.request(method='POST', uri=uri, auth_token=auth_token,
http_request=http_request, converter=converter,
desired_class=desired_class, **kwargs)

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Comment #9 on issue 700 by j...@collabspot.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

@joseph, Thanks, your patch seems to work for me as well. Will do more
tests. To keep from modifying gdata/client.py, I did this instead:

def patched_post(client, entry, uri, auth_token=None, converter=None,

desired_class=None, **kwargs):
if converter is None and desired_class is None:
desired_class = entry.__class__
http_request = atom.http_core.HttpRequest()

entry_string =
entry.to_string(gdata.client.get_xml_version(client.api_version))

entry_string = entry_string.replace('ns1', 'gd')
http_request.add_body_part(

entry_string,
'application/atom+xml')
return client.request(method='POST', uri=uri, auth_token=auth_token,
http_request=http_request,
converter=converter,
desired_class=desired_class, **kwargs)

# when it comes time to do a batched delete/update,
# instead of calling client.ExecuteBatch, I instead directly call
patched_post
patched_post(my_client_instance, request_feed,
' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/batch ')

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Comment #10 on issue 700 by the.matr...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete

of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
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> entry_string.replace('ns1', 'gd')

Is this the correct way to solve the problem?
It will indiscriminately replace all occurrences of 'ns1' from the anywhere
in the string representation of the entry, including its user-submitted
data fields.

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Comment #11 on issue 700 by the.matr...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete

of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Ideally this problem can be fixed in Google's server-side parser code.

<ns0:feed xmlns:ns1=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005 " ns1:etag="foobar">

is semantically equivalent to

<ns0:feed xmlns:gd=" http://schemas.google.com/g/2005 " gd:etag="foobar">

No?

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Comment #12 on issue 700 by joh...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete of

contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Yes, ideally Google fix it server side. But until then, this is the best we
got. But yes, maybe it should be:

entry_string.replace('ns1=', 'gd=').replace('ns1:', 'gd:')

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Comment #13 on issue 700 by james.ch...@rightster.com : Doing a batched

delete of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or
entry etag attribute required" error

https://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

Each entry in the feed requires an etag for verification of the resource
version ( https://developers.google.com/gdata/docs/2.0/reference ).

The solution is to do a query first to return the etags for your feed, then
add the respective etags to the update feed.

def make_batch_post_request(spreadsheets_client, feed):
self = spreadsheets_client
import atom
http_request = atom.http_core.HttpRequest()
http_request.add_body_part(

feed.to_string(get_xml_version(self.api_version)).replace('update', 'query'),
'application/atom+xml')
auth_token = spreadsheets_client.auth_token
uri = feed.find_edit_link()
response = self.request('POST', uri=uri, auth_token=auth_token,
http_request=http_request, desired_class=feed.__class__)

# <magic>
for index, entry in enumerate(feed.entry):
feed.entry[index].etag = response.entry[index].etag
#</magic>

http_request = atom.http_core.HttpRequest()
http_request.add_body_part(
feed.to_string(get_xml_version(self.api_version)),
'application/atom+xml')
auth_token = spreadsheets_client.auth_token
uri = feed.find_edit_link()
response = self.request('POST', uri=uri, auth_token=auth_token,
http_request=http_request, desired_class=feed.__class__)

return response

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Comment #14 on issue 700 by Un4getta...@gmail.com : Doing a batched delete

of contacts always returns "If-Match or If-None-Match header or entry etag
attribute required" error
https://code.google.com/p/gdata-python-client/issues/detail?id=700

@joseph Thanks, your patch is working :-)

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