uploading pictures on Flickr

[laurent75005]

Hello,

I found nothing about that.
Is there an extension for uploading pics on flickr ?
If not, would it be possible to make one ?

[ghisler(Author)]

No there isn't.
Yes, a file system plugin would be possible if the Flickr interface is documented.

[laurent75005]

No there isn't.
Yes, a file system plugin would be possible if the Flickr interface is documented.

Hi and thank you for your answer.
Yes the interface is documented as they are many API for it.
But I can't tell you where to find that documentation.
Nevertheless, you may find information about a firefox uploader there :
https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/4724
The guy who programmed it may be find there :
http://www.rjonna.com/

Cheers

[CoolWater]

FYI: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

Delphi sample: http://www.daremon.gr/flickr/

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks, I will have a look at it!

[laurent75005]

Great...
And thx

Thanks, I will have a look at it!

[ghisler(Author)]

I tried the Delphi sample at http://www.daremon.gr/flickr/ mentioned above (there is a test EXE in the package), but it doesn't work well with my test flickr account. Does it work for you? I'm getting authorization errors for most functions...

[CoolWater]

Here, the app doesn't show the edit fields for api key, shared secret and token.. As long as those values are missing none of the function will work. Only "Find user by email" works here...
Unfortunately there is no C++ project mentioned on the flickr api page... Otherwise I could try to make a plugin... But there is only a Java project which wraps the flickr api...

Regards,
CoolWater

[ghisler(Author)]

Don't worry, I have Delphi 7 and will start to write a plugin when I find the time.

What are these api key, shared secret and token? How would the average Flickr user know what to enter in these fields?

[tbeu]

Did you read http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html? Each flickr API application needs to have its unique API key.

[CoolWater]

Don't worry, I have Delphi 7 and will start to write a plugin when I find the time.

What are these api key, shared secret and token? How would the average Flickr user know what to enter in these fields?

To get the API key and the Shared secret, you have to go to: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys. After login, you can create an API key but flickr wants to know what you are going to do with this key (i.e. developing a software or something like that). When done you will also get a Shared Secret Key. Every user who wants to use your filesystem plugin needs to do this.

Using both of this keys you can make a request (called getFrob) to acquire read/delete/write access from/to an account (the api key identifies the appropriate account). But: The user manually has to allow this action, i.e. you have to open a browser window with the URL you call when you want to get the frob. Now the user has to proceed and ONLY after that you will get a valid frob.

Next step is to get the token (using api key, shared secret and frob). After getting the token you can save it into a file for example.

All read, write or delete actions need the api key, shared secret and the valid token.

So the step for manual user authentication is done only one time (to get the valid token).

The user always has the possibility to revoke the access to his account using the flickr website...

All this is also documented on: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.howto.desktop.html

Regards,
CoolWater

[laurent75005]

Don't worry, I have Delphi 7 and will start to write a plugin when I find the time.

What are these api key, shared secret and token? How would the average Flickr user know what to enter in these fields?

Sounds really great for me. Thank you for that when you have time.
What seems funny to me is that TC would REALLY be the best way to upload pics to flickr. The 2 windows system will (I hope) allow us to do quite everything we want (album, tags, upload and download of pics).

Thanks again and awaiting for that plugin to come.

[Hacker]

[mod]Moved to the Plugins forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]

[hramov]

Hello!

Maybe you will be interested.
I have developed WFX plugin makes it possible to copy the original pictures, placed in the virtual photo-albums

In Russian forum Total Commander plugin photofile version 2.3.1

[ghisler(Author)]

2hramov
Sounds interesting, does it work with Flickr, or some Russian service only?