Why does smugmug.sharegroups.albums.get require SesisonID?
Marc Rochkind
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I'm writing an iPhone/iPod/iPad SmugMug viewer and want the user to be able to access a sharegroup, with the idea that a SmugMug user would distribute a link to the sharegroup that allows it to be viewed with my app, analogously to distributing a URL to the sharegroup.
The problem, though, is that only SmugMug users can view the sharegroup via the API, since smugmug.sharegroups.albums.get requires a SessionID.
Can this be changed? Is there a reason for it?
The same issue applies to smugmug.images.get.
(Accessing images themselves via URLs isn't an issue.)
By policy, perhaps SmugMug should think about whether they want mobile apps to be able to access images, just as browsers can. I would think this would have huge benefits. (But, then, I'm not SmugMug, right? ;-) )
I hate to use the sharegroup URL and then do HTML scraping! (Because this is possible, there is no security advantage in requiring a SesionID for the API calls.)
--Marc
The problem, though, is that only SmugMug users can view the sharegroup via the API, since smugmug.sharegroups.albums.get requires a SessionID.
Can this be changed? Is there a reason for it?
The same issue applies to smugmug.images.get.
(Accessing images themselves via URLs isn't an issue.)
By policy, perhaps SmugMug should think about whether they want mobile apps to be able to access images, just as browsers can. I would think this would have huge benefits. (But, then, I'm not SmugMug, right? ;-) )
I hate to use the sharegroup URL and then do HTML scraping! (Because this is possible, there is no security advantage in requiring a SesionID for the API calls.)
--Marc
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Since this returns a SessionID that should remove your roadblock ?
Cheers,
David
SmugMug API Developer
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Thanks, David!