New SmugMug to Facebook app

xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
edited February 11, 2012 in SmugMug API Support & Integrations
Hi all,

Had a go at building a facebook app. Wrote Photo Smuggler to share SmugMug photos in a facebook profile. It automatically creates a facebook album and imports its SmugMug photos. There are others out there, but wanted to give it a go myself :)

http://apps.facebook.com/photo_smuggler

Seems to work ok with my nickname (http://xenodium.smugmug.com), but I'm looking to get others to try and give feedback. Note that this is the first release. Let me know if you have problems, questions, or suggestions.

Cheers,

Alvaro
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  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited January 24, 2011
    another screenshot..
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited January 24, 2011
    end result...
  • petemoorpetemoor Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited February 21, 2011
    works ok for me, would be nice to choose the photos to send and to be able to name the facebook album
  • OzWookieOzWookie Registered Users Posts: 1 Beginner grinner
    edited April 10, 2011
    Worked a charm for me, no issues.
    FB:bradley.bristowstagg
  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited April 12, 2011
    Very interesting. Can you choose certain sizes and such? Does it upload full resolutions or just the max size of the gallery?
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
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  • technocrafttechnocraft Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited April 18, 2011
    Worked great for me. I just used it because SmugImport seemed to have a problem tonight.

    Something I liked in SmugImport that seems to have disappeared was the ability to approve/reject images after the images were imported, but before the album was published.
    I also wished it brought the captions over like SmugImport does (did?).
    -Tony
    http://images.tonyschreiber.com
    (technocraft.smugmug.com)
  • nickjknickjk Registered Users Posts: 14 Big grins
    edited April 28, 2011
    Works really well - be good to be able to choose which photos to bring across, and also to pull captions through...
    Nick
    My SmugMug Site
  • mklmkl Registered Users Posts: 25 Big grins
    edited May 6, 2011
    you know what i want as (at least part of) the caption? a smugmug buy link for that particular photo. - or did i miss an app that already does that?
    megan
    meganlongphotography.com
  • SamirDSamirD Registered Users Posts: 3,474 Major grins
    edited May 6, 2011
    mkl wrote: »
    you know what i want as (at least part of) the caption? a smugmug buy link for that particular photo. - or did i miss an app that already does that?
    I like this idea a lot. thumb.gif
    Pictures and Videos of the Huntsville Car Scene: www.huntsvillecarscene.com
    Want faster uploading? Vote for FTP!
  • sarahcsarahc Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited July 3, 2011
    Hi,
    I'd love to give this a go, but for some reason none of the Facebook apps to import SmugMug photos are working right now. Any idea what's going on?
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited July 14, 2011
    Sorry folks, photo smuggler was broken for quite some time. Facebook deleted the app by mistake and did not restore it properly. I spent a ton of time trying to figure out what was broken. It's more or less working now. May have some broken bits still. Lemme know if you have problems. If you like the app, please leave me some good feedback at my page:

    http://www.facebook.com/xenodium

    or please blog, tweet, etc. and get the word out. I'd appreciate getting my work out there.
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited July 14, 2011
    ps. the app url changed to:

    http://apps.facebook.com/photo_smuggler
  • kathiemtkathiemt Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited July 14, 2011
    This works only for FB profiles and not FB pages? I have a page I use for photography as I wish to keep my profile for family and friends only.
    Kathie M. Thomas,
    Smugmug: http://photosbykathie.com
    Blog: http://www.dandenong-ranges-photography.com.au/blog/
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KathiesPhotos
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited July 15, 2011
    kathiemt wrote: »
    This works only for FB profiles and not FB pages? I have a page I use for photography as I wish to keep my profile for family and friends only.

    That's right. It only supports personal profile. Last I looked into supporting pages, Facebook did not have a mechanism for me to add this feature. Will totally look into it when available.
  • J AllenJ Allen Registered Users Posts: 359 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2011
    This works great..Thanks so much, been hunting for something like this thumb.gif
    -Joe Allen
    My Smugmug Site
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited July 20, 2011
    J Allen wrote: »
    This works great..Thanks so much, been hunting for something like this thumb.gif

    Good to hear! If you can, please link/tweet/fb to my blog:

    http://xenodium.com/blog/?p=762

    Or leave a message on my facebook page :)

    http://www.facebook.com/xenodium

    Cheers,

    Alvaro
  • Not A BoothNot A Booth Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited August 9, 2011
    This is pretty awesome.

    Here's what I'd like to see to make it even more awesome:

    - Allow smuggling to a Facebook page.

    - Handle galleries with more than 200 images. When it reaches 200 in a Facebook album, the connection times out. Trying again just makes a new gallery and starts over from the beginning. It should make the first album with 200 photos, then automatically make a second with the next 200 photos, etc.

    - Add a cancel option. I closed the app when I realized that it was trying to re-upload the first 200 photos from my SmugMug site, but they kept coming in to Facebook until they had finished.
  • voicelitvoicelit Registered Users Posts: 343 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2011
    Worked Once Stopped Working
    Worked Once Stopped Working. How do you write in the album location? What is the exact grammar? Whole link? Name of album? Exactly how? Brings up : you are not logged in. I am logged in... then just flashes up a screen that instantly vanishes?

    Marty
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    Not A Booth wrote: »
    This is pretty awesome.

    Here's what I'd like to see to make it even more awesome:

    - Allow smuggling to a Facebook page.

    - Handle galleries with more than 200 images. When it reaches 200 in a Facebook album, the connection times out. Trying again just makes a new gallery and starts over from the beginning. It should make the first album with 200 photos, then automatically make a second with the next 200 photos, etc.

    - Add a cancel option. I closed the app when I realized that it was trying to re-upload the first 200 photos from my SmugMug site, but they kept coming in to Facebook until they had finished.

    Thaks for the feedback.

    When time permits, I'll have a go at adding page support. It has been a popular request. Will also have a think about the 200 limit as well. Cancel may be a little trickier.
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    voicelit wrote: »
    Worked Once Stopped Working. How do you write in the album location? What is the exact grammar? Whole link? Name of album? Exactly how? Brings up : you are not logged in. I am logged in... then just flashes up a screen that instantly vanishes?

    Marty

    Hi Marty. Is it still broken for you? In the first screen, add your smugmug username in the text box. Click next. That will then give you a list of all smugmug albums you currently have. Hope that helps.

    Alvaro
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    Slightly different, but here's another app I've written:

    http://apps.facebook.com/tilesapp
  • mylogonmylogon Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited August 31, 2011
    Is the fan page support something you will be able to do soon? I would love to incorporate it. I understand if not, but thought it cannot hurt to ask.

    Thanks in advance.
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited August 31, 2011
    mylogon wrote: »
    Is the fan page support something you will be able to do soon? I would love to incorporate it. I understand if not, but thought it cannot hurt to ask.

    Thanks in advance.

    Been working on adding page support to photo smuggler... Looks like I got it working, but I tested it very little. Can someone confirm posting pictures to pages is working?
  • mylogonmylogon Registered Users Posts: 11 Big grins
    edited August 31, 2011
    Can confirm that it is NOT working. I tried three different galleries.
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited September 1, 2011
    mylogon wrote: »
    Can confirm that it is NOT working. I tried three different galleries.

    Bummer :( Can others try it as well? It's currently working for a page I own:

    http://www.facebook.com/xenodium
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited September 1, 2011
    You should now see a drop-down to select what you are posting as (ie. yourself or as page)...

    Screen shot 2011-09-01 at 11.48.52.png
  • Not A BoothNot A Booth Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited September 1, 2011
    I got this when I tried to use it as a page. I'll try again later tonight and report results.
    photo smuggler                                   

       
Warning:  fopen(http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-6bSmNnR/0/L/kate-and-nick-115-L.jpg) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-Dgd6c8x/0/L/kate-and-nick-119-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-L7Msg4L/0/L/kate-and-nick-128-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-X7Q8rZc/0/L/kate-and-nick-129-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11
Photos imported!

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  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited September 3, 2011
    Not A Booth wrote: »
    I got this when I tried to use it as a page. I'll try again later tonight and report results.
    photo smuggler                                   

       
Warning:  fopen(http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-6bSmNnR/0/L/kate-and-nick-115-L.jpg) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-Dgd6c8x/0/L/kate-and-nick-119-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-L7Msg4L/0/L/kate-and-nick-128-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11

Warning:  fopen([url]http://www.notabooth.com/Pics/kate-and-nick/i-X7Q8rZc/0/L/kate-and-nick-129-L.jpg[/url]) [[URL="http://www.xenodium.com/fb/smuggler/function.fopen"]function.fopen[/URL]]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable  in /var/www/newstrc/public/fb/smuggler/psmuggler.php on line 11
Photos imported!

like this app? let us know:

    It's possible the app is failing because of permissions. It now requires extra facebook permissions to post to your page. Try uninstalling the app and installing again.
  • xenodiumxenodium Registered Users Posts: 21 Big grins
    edited September 3, 2011
    Anyone interested in posting photos to facebook page, please get in touch. Perhaps we can figure out why it isn't working for some if we talk over skype and try different things.
  • Not A BoothNot A Booth Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited September 4, 2011
    xenodium wrote: »
    It's possible the app is failing because of permissions. It now requires extra facebook permissions to post to your page. Try uninstalling the app and installing again.
    That's it! Photos are uploading to my page right now. Thank you!
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