Timeline: get

Requires authorization

Gets a single timeline item by ID. See an example.

This endpoint returns the timeline item's metadata, see mirror.attachments.get to learn how to download the timeline item's attachments content.

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/mirror/v1/timeline/id

Parameters

Parameter name	Value	Description
Path parameters
id	string	The ID of the timeline item.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/glass.timeline
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/glass.location

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a Timeline resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

import com.google.api.services.mirror.Mirror;
import com.google.api.services.mirror.model.Attachment;
import com.google.api.services.mirror.model.Contact;
import com.google.api.services.mirror.model.NotificationConfig;
import com.google.api.services.mirror.model.TimelineItem;

import java.io.IOException;

public class MyClass {
  // ...

  /**
   * Print some timeline item metadata information.
   * 
   * @param service Authorized Mirror service.
   * @param itemId ID of the timeline item to print metadata information for.
   */
  public static void printTimelineItemMetadata(Mirror service, String itemId) {
    try {
      TimelineItem timelineItem = service.timeline().get(itemId).execute();

      System.out.println("Timeline item ID: " + timelineItem.getId());
      if (timelineItem.getIsDeleted()) {
        System.out.println("Timeline item has been deleted");
      } else {
        Contact creator = timelineItem.getCreator();
        if (creator != null) {
          System.out.println("Timeline item created by " + creator.getDisplayName());
        }
        System.out.println("Timeline item created on " + timelineItem.getCreated().toStringRfc3339());
        System.out.println("Timeline item displayed on "
            + timelineItem.getDisplayTime().toStringRfc3339());
        String inReplyTo = timelineItem.getInReplyTo();
        if (inReplyTo != null && inReplyTo.length() > 0) {
          System.out.println("Timeline item is a reply to " + inReplyTo);
        }
        String text = timelineItem.getText();
        if (text != null && text.length() > 0) {
          System.out.println("Timeline item has text: " + text);
        }
        for (Contact contact : timelineItem.getRecipients()) {
          System.out.println("Timeline item is shared with: " + contact.getId());
        }
        NotificationConfig notification = timelineItem.getNotification();
        if (notification != null) {
          System.out.println("Notification delivery time: "
              + notification.getDeliveryTime().toStringRfc3339());
          System.out.println("Notification level: " + notification.getLevel());
        }
        // See mirror.timeline.attachments.get to learn how to download the attachment's content.
        for (Attachment attachment : timelineItem.getAttachments()) {
          System.out.println("Attachment ID: " + attachment.getId());
          System.out.println("  > Content-Type: " + attachment.getContentType());
        }
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
  }

  // ...
}

.NET

Uses the .NET client library.

using System;

using Google.Apis.Mirror.v1;
using Google.Apis.Mirror.v1.Data;

public class MyClass {
  // ...

  /// <summary>
  /// Print some timeline item metadata information.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name='service'>Authorized Mirror service.</param>
  /// <param name='itemId'>
  /// ID of the timeline item to print metadata information for.
  /// </param>
  public static void PrintTimelineItemMetadata(MirrorService service,
      String itemId) {
    try {
      TimelineItem timelineItem = service.Timeline.Get(itemId).Fetch();

      Console.WriteLine("Timeline item ID: " + timelineItem.Id);
      if (timelineItem.IsDeleted.HasValue && timelineItem.IsDeleted.Value) {
        Console.WriteLine("Timeline item has been deleted");
      } else {
        Contact creator = timelineItem.Creator;
        if (creator != null) {
          Console.WriteLine("Timeline item created by " + creator.DisplayName);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Timeline item created on " + timelineItem.Created);
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Timeline item displayed on " + timelineItem.DisplayTime);
        String inReplyTo = timelineItem.InReplyTo;
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(inReplyTo)) {
          Console.WriteLine("Timeline item is a reply to " + inReplyTo);
        }
        String text = timelineItem.Text;
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(text)) {
          Console.WriteLine("Timeline item has text: " + text);
        }
        foreach (Contact contact in timelineItem.Recipients) {
          Console.WriteLine("Timeline item is shared with: " + contact.Id);
        }
        NotificationConfig notification = timelineItem.Notification;
        if (notification != null) {
          Console.WriteLine(
              "Notification delivery time: " + notification.DeliveryTime);
          Console.WriteLine("Notification level: " + notification.Level);
        }
        // See mirror.timeline.attachments.get to learn how to download the
        // attachment's content.
        foreach (Attachment attachment in timelineItem.Attachments) {
          Console.WriteLine("Attachment ID: " + attachment.Id);
          Console.WriteLine("  > Content-Type: " + attachment.ContentType);
        }
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
  }

  // ...
}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Print some timeline item metadata information.
 *
 * @param Google_MirrorService $service Authorized Mirror service.
 * @param string $itemId ID of the timeline item to print metadata
 *                       information for.
 */
function printTimelineItemMetadata($service, $itemId) {
  try {
    $timelineItem = $service->timeline->get($itemId);

    print 'Timeline item ID: ' . $timelineItem->getId();
    if ($timelineItem->getIsDeleted()) {
      print 'Timeline item has been deleted';
    } else {
      $creator = $timelineItem->getCreator();
      if ($creator != null) {
        print 'Timeline item created by ' . $creator->getDisplayName();
      }
      print 'Timeline item created on ' . $timelineItem->getCreated();
      print 'Timeline item displayed on ' . $timelineItem->getDisplayTime();
      $inReplyTo = $timelineItem->getInReplyTo();
      if ($inReplyTo != null) {
        print 'Timeline item is a reply to ' . $inReplyTo;
      }
      $text = $timelineItem->getText();
      if ($text != null) {
        print 'Timeline item has text: ' . $text;
      } else {
        foreach ($timelineItem->getHtml() as $html) {
          print 'Timeline item has HTML: ' . $html;
        }
      }
      foreach ($timelineItem->getRecipients() as $contacts) {
        print 'Timeline item is shared with: ' . $contact->getId();
      }
      $notification = $timelineItem->getNotification();
      if ($notification != null) {
        print 'Notification delivery time: ' . $notification->getDeliveryTime();
        print 'Notification level: ' . $notification->getLevel();
      }
    }
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print 'An error occurred: ' . $e->getMessage();
  }
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

from apiclient import errors
# ...

def print_timeline_item_metadata(service, timeline_id):
  """Print some timeline item metadata information.

  Args:
    service: Authorized Mirror service.
    item_id: ID of the timeline item to print metadata information for.
  """
  try:
    timeline_item = service.timeline().get(id=item_id).execute()

    print 'Timeline item ID:  %s' % timeline_item.get('id')
    if timeline_item.get('isDeleted'):
      print 'Timeline item has been deleted'
    else:
      creator = timeline_item.get('creator')
      if creator:
        print 'Timeline item created by  %s' % creator.get('displayName')
      print 'Timeline item created on  %s' % timeline_item.get('created')
      print 'Timeline item displayed on %s' % timeline_item.get('displayTime')
      in_reply_to = timeline_item.get('inReplyTo')
      if in_reply_to:
        print 'Timeline item is a reply to  %s' % in_reply_to
      text = timeline_item.get('text')
      if text:
        print 'Timeline item has text:  %s' % text
      for contact in timeline_item.get('recipients', []):
        print 'Timeline item is shared with:  %s' % contact.get('id')
      notification = timeline_item.get('notification')
      if notification:
        print 'Notification delivery time: %s' % (
            notification.get('deliveryTime'))
        print 'Notification level:  %s' % notification.get('level')
      # See mirror.timeline.attachments.get to learn how to download the
      # attachment's content.
      for attachment in timeline_item.get('attachments', []):      
        print 'Attachment ID: %s' % attachment.get('id')
        print '  > Content-Type: %s' % attachment.get('contentType') 
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error

Ruby

Uses the Ruby client library.

###
# Print some Timeline Item metadata information.
#
# @param [Google::APIClient] client
#   Authorized client instance.
# @param [string] item_id
#   ID of the timeline item to print metadata information for.
# @return nil
def print_timeline_item_metadata(client, item_id)
  mirror = client.discovered_api('mirror', 'v1')
  result = client.execute(
    :api_method => mirror.timeline.get,
    :parameters => { 'id' => item_id })
  if result.success?
    timeline_item = result.data
    puts "Timeline item ID:  #{timeline_item.id}"
    if timeline_item.is_deleted
      puts "Timeline item has been deleted"
    else
      creator = timeline_item.creator
      if creator
        puts "Timeline item created by #{creator.display_name}"
      end
      puts "Timeline created on #{timeline_item.created}"
      puts "Timeline displayed on #{timeline_item.display_time}"
      in_reply_to = timeline_item.in_reply_to
      if in_reply_to
        puts "Timeline item is a reply to #{in_reply_to}"
      end
      text = timeline_item.text
      if text
        puts "Timeline item has text: #{text}"
      end
      html = timeline_item.html
      if html
        puts "Timeline item has html: #{html}"
      end
      timeline_item.recipients.each do |contact|
        puts "Timeline item is shared with:  #{contact.id}"
      end
      notification = timeline_item.notification
      if notification
        puts "Notification delivery time: #{notification.delivery_time}"
        puts "Notification level: #{notification.level}"
      end
    end
  else
    puts "An error occurred: #{result.data['error']['message']}"
  end
end

Go

Uses the Go client library.

import (
	"code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/mirror/v1"
	"fmt"
)

// PrintTimelineItemMetadata some timeline item metadata information.
func PrintTimelineItemMetadata(g *mirror.Service, itemId string) error {
	t, err := g.Timeline.Get(itemId).Do()
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("An error occurred: %v\n", err)
		return err
	}
	fmt.Printf("Timeline item ID: %s\n", t.Id)
	if t.IsDeleted {
		fmt.Printf("Timeline item has been deleted\n")
	} else {
		if t.Creator != nil {
			fmt.Printf("Timeline item created by %s\n", t.Creator.DisplayName)
		}
		fmt.Printf("Timeline item created on %s\n", t.Created)
		fmt.Printf("Timeline item displayed on %s\n", t.DisplayTime)
		if t.InReplyTo != "" {
			fmt.Printf("Timeline item is a reply to %s\n", t.InReplyTo)
		}
		if t.Text != "" {
			fmt.Printf("Timeline item has text: %s\n", t.Text)
		}
		for _, s := range t.Recipients {
			fmt.Printf("Timeline item is shared with: %s\n", s.Id)
		}
		if t.Notification != nil {
			n := t.Notification
			fmt.Printf("Notification delivery time: %s\n", n.DeliveryTime)
			fmt.Printf("Notification level: %s\n", n.Level)
		}
		for _, a := range t.Attachments {
			fmt.Printf("Attachment ID: %s\n", a.Id)
			fmt.Printf("  > Content-Type: %s\n", a.ContentType)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

Raw HTTP

Does not use a client library.

GET /mirror/v1/timeline HTTP/1.1
Host: www.googleapis.com
Authorization: Bearer auth token