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I find there is a SKU problem with product_media API

If I want to creat a image to an item, I use this API. but it is failed. the REASON IS CAN NOT FIND PRODUCT.error code 101.
Here is the test .
H1, I had created an item with SKU 5000093
H2, I had used catalogInventoryStockItemUpdate API and it worked successfuly.

Now here is the code for Product_Media API
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$proxy = new SoapClient(’http://mag2.xxxxx.com/api/soap/?wsdl’); // host
$sessionId = $proxy->login(’apiusexxxx’, ‘123xxxxxxxxx’);
$newImage = array(
‘file’ => array(
‘name’ => ‘5000093’,
‘content’ => base64_encode(file_get_contents(’http://www.xxxxxxxxxx.com/images/5000093.jpg’)),
‘mime’ => ‘image/jpeg’
),
‘label’ => ‘Cool Image Through Soap2’,
‘position’ => 1,
‘types’ => array(’image’, ‘small_image’, ‘thumbnail’),
‘exclude’ => 0
);

echo $imageFilename = $proxy->call($sessionId, ‘product_media.create’, array(’5000093’, $newImage));

It return error message 101

After many many times tests. I finaly find out that if I change the item SKU(5000093) to (S5000093) MANUALY.
and rewrite the code like this
$imageFilename = $proxy->call($sessionId, ‘product_media.create’, array(’S5000093’, $newImage));

and you guess what? It worked!!

Can anybody meet the same problem like me?
All my SKU is number, to resolve the problem. should I add a letter infront of my SKU?
like
S5990999
S2645968
T3453939
.....

It will be a real problem or disaster :(

One thing I have found in the past is that adding a space at the end of your SKU in the API call usually will do the trick.

Though the better way would be to use the 4th parameter of the api method which allows you to specify wither it is a product id or sku.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/api/soap/catalog/catalogProductAttributeMedia/catalog_product_attribute_media.create.html

The below should work (haven’t tested)

yes. right find the reason now.

$product = $this->_initProduct($productId, $store, $identifierType);

....
if ($identifierType == null) {

if (is_string($productId) && !preg_match("/^[+-]?[1-9][0-9]*$|^0$/", $productId)) {
$identifierType = ‘sku’;
$loadByIdOnFalse = true;

} else {

$identifierType = ‘id’;

}