dripcode: Google Base API - Insert a Housing Entry via a Batch Feed

I've been looking for a straight forward .Net example on how to upload a "Housing" item entry via a batch in the Google Base API, but to no avail. Mind you this is for Australia, so the required attributes are a bit different for the United States. After talking with someone at Google, we got it sorted out. Here's my example:


using Google.GData.Client;
using Google.GData.GoogleBase;


public static class GoogleBaseFacade
{
     private static GBaseService service;

     private static void Connect()
     {
          if (service == null)
          {
               service = new GBaseService("TEST - Homes for Sale", <google key>);
               service.setUserCredentials(<login>, <password>);
               service.NewAtomEntry += new FeedParserEventHandler(service_NewAtomEntry);
          }
     }

     static void service_NewAtomEntry(object sender, FeedParserEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Feed != null && e.Feed.Entries != null && e.Feed.Entries.Count > 0)
            {
                foreach (AtomEntry entry in e.Feed.Entries)
                {
                    if (entry.BatchData != null)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("New Entry STATUS CODE: " + entry.BatchData.Status.Code.ToString());
                    }
                    else if (entry.Id != null && entry.Id.Uri != null)
                    {

                        Console.WriteLine("New Entry URI: " + entry.Id.Uri);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("New Entry ???");
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No Feed or Entries in feed.  Possible single entry");
            }
        }

     public static void AddAHome()
     {
          Connect();
          //create an entry
          GBaseEntry entry = new GBaseEntry();
          AtomPerson author = new AtomPerson(AtomPersonType.Author,"James Smith");
          author.Email="jamessmith@example.com";
          entry.Authors.Add(author);
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddTextAttribute("target_country", "AU");
          entry.GBaseAttributes.ItemType = "Housing";
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddNumberAttribute("bathrooms", 2);
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddNumberAttribute("bedrooms", 3);
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddTextAttribute("description", "A fantastic underground house.");
          entry.Links.Add(new AtomLink("http://www.velociraptorz.org"));
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddTextAttribute("listing_type", "residential for sale");
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddNumberAttribute("price", 1200000);
          entry.GBaseAttributes.AddTextAttribute("property_type", "house");
          entry.GBaseAttributes.Location = "1 Market St, Sydney, NSW, 2000";
          entry.Title.Text = "A safe haven, underground.";
          entry.BatchData = new GDataBatchEntryData("blahblah", GDataBatchOperationType.insert);
          entry.BatchData.Id = "batch1234";

          AtomFeed batchFeed = new AtomFeed(GBaseUriFactory.Default.ItemsFeedUri, service);
          batchFeed.Entries.Add(entry);

          GBaseFeed returnFeed = service.Batch(batchFeed, GBaseUriFactory.Default.ItemsFeedBatchUri) as GBaseFeed;
     }
}