This glossary describes what some of the terms found in the Shutterfly API documentation mean. Please note that the parameter descriptions are not intended to be all-encompassing. For instance, if the parameter is repeated within the API (say you input a user's name and then we output that same name in the output), the parameter description will appear once only, in this case on the input parameter description.

Category

An ATOM feed or entry will have a <category> element. This allows typing within the structure, such that multiple entries of different types can be distinguished within the same feed, for example.

Possible Values

Basically this is an enumeration of possible values for this parameter. If the parameter is present, its value must be one of the listed values.

Count

The number of times that this parameter may occur. A value that allows for 0 means that the parameter is optional and may not occur.

Length

The maximum length of the parameter value. This will only occur for character-based parameters. For numeric parameters, see 'Amount'

Amount

The least and greatest amount that a parameter may be. This will only occur for numeric parameters.

Legend - Count | Length | Amount

n

exactly n

>= n

at least n

n - m

at least n, but not more than m

<= m

not more than m