Flickr, Other Photo Upload Options

atourgates · 06/22/2009, 08:31 PM

Has anyone found anything in the Facebook / PhotoBucket upload functionality area of the photos app that might lend itself to the possibility of hacking in support for Flickr or other photo services with an API?

caj27 · 06/22/2009, 08:52 PM

Let's pray to god it does.

atourgates · 06/23/2009, 02:15 PM

From the Twhirl blog post re:Photo Integration, it doesn't seem like Palm's made the photo upload API available, even to the early SDK'ers. So that might present a challange. Still, I'm hoping...

dimfeld · 06/23/2009, 04:14 PM

It's definitely possible. Much of the Facebook/Photobucket integration is done in Java, so it's a bit harder to hack in than some other things, but it's definitely possible, at least in a nonsanctioned way. IIRC you want to look in a file named something like Photos.jar, although that could be wrong. Can't check now since I'm at work, but if you run the correct JAR file through a Java decompiler like JD-Gui you'll see how they did it.

EDIT: Full path is /usr/lib/luna/java/Photos.jar

Doktor Jones · 06/23/2009, 04:17 PM

If someone gets this working, perhaps they could figure out how to offer a raw FTP upload option too... then I could upload photos directly to my web host of choice!

I so want to help out with this stuff, but I don't know the first thing about Java... even looking at it scares me

tygern8r · 06/23/2009, 04:17 PM

I know it doesn't answer your question, but with Picasa you can enable uploading pictures via email. Rather nice with the "share via email" option in the photo app.

dimfeld · 06/24/2009, 02:45 AM

FTP may be a bit more difficult than other things, since AFAIK the Pre doesn't have any built-in classes for doing that. The Facebook and Photobucket uploaders both use the Pre's built-in web services frameworks to upload.

That's not to say that it's not possible, just that it won't be as easy as adding support for something like TwitPic that's based on a web service.

I'm not making any promises, but I might start looking into this soon. It's mostly contingent on whether or not I'm satisfied with my work on upgrading the text autoreplacement file, but I think there won't be much more to do on that.

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atourgates Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Flickr, Other Photo Upload Options Has anyone found anything in the Facebook / PhotoBucket upload functionality area of the photos app that might lend itself to the possibility of hacking in support for Flickr or other photo services with an API?

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dimfeld Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 54 Thanks: 6 Thanked 28 Times in 14 Posts	It's definitely possible. Much of the Facebook/Photobucket integration is done in Java, so it's a bit harder to hack in than some other things, but it's definitely possible, at least in a nonsanctioned way. IIRC you want to look in a file named something like Photos.jar, although that could be wrong. Can't check now since I'm at work, but if you run the correct JAR file through a Java decompiler like JD-Gui you'll see how they did it. EDIT: Full path is /usr/lib/luna/java/Photos.jar Last edited by dimfeld; 06/24/2009 at 02:39 AM.

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06/22/2009, 08:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
caj27 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 122 Thanks: 19 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Let's pray to god it does.

06/23/2009, 02:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
atourgates Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	From the Twhirl blog post re:Photo Integration, it doesn't seem like Palm's made the photo upload API available, even to the early SDK'ers. So that might present a challange. Still, I'm hoping...

06/23/2009, 04:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
Doktor Jones Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 10 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If someone gets this working, perhaps they could figure out how to offer a raw FTP upload option too... then I could upload photos directly to my web host of choice! I so want to help out with this stuff, but I don't know the first thing about Java... even looking at it scares me

06/23/2009, 04:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
tygern8r Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 25 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 9 Posts	I know it doesn't answer your question, but with Picasa you can enable uploading pictures via email. Rather nice with the "share via email" option in the photo app.

06/24/2009, 02:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
dimfeld Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 54 Thanks: 6 Thanked 28 Times in 14 Posts	FTP may be a bit more difficult than other things, since AFAIK the Pre doesn't have any built-in classes for doing that. The Facebook and Photobucket uploaders both use the Pre's built-in web services frameworks to upload. That's not to say that it's not possible, just that it won't be as easy as adding support for something like TwitPic that's based on a web service. I'm not making any promises, but I might start looking into this soon. It's mostly contingent on whether or not I'm satisfied with my work on upgrading the text autoreplacement file, but I think there won't be much more to do on that.