Starexplorer like tool for unix/linux

samya · May 24, 2006

Is there a star-explorer like tool for unix/linux?

rainforest1155 · May 24, 2006

samya wrote:

Is there a star-explorer like tool for unix/linux?

How about rutt's python script - that should run in linux. Lacks a GUI and is for uploads only as far as I know, but last time I checked it had some useful features to synchronize your local folders with smugmug galleries.

Hope this helps,
Sebastian

samya · May 24, 2006

Hmm....
Will it be a good idea to develop something that will have similar functionality for *nix/Mac. Say, something with perl/Tk, so that it can run on all platforms? Any takers/volunteers?

devbobo · May 24, 2006

Hi Sayma,

I have been developing a Firefox extension for Smugmug for some time, that works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Hoping to release it in the next month or so.

Cheers,

David

samya · May 25, 2006

devbobo wrote:

Hi Sayma,

I have been developing a Firefox extension for Smugmug for some time, that works on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Hoping to release it in the next month or so.

Cheers,

David

That will be soooooo.... coool.....
Can I help in some way? Testing?

I cooked up a standalone smugmug browser using perl/Tk last night. I'll add editing support to it when I get a few hours free. I haven't packaged it yet, but give it a shot if you have some time to see if it works. You'll need two files that you can download from:
http://samya.indiangeek.com/smugmug/
run the gui.pl , then use the Get to get your album info.
You'll need perl::Tk and perl::LWP installed on your system.

mercphoto · May 25, 2006

samya wrote:

Hmm....
Will it be a good idea to develop something that will have similar functionality for *nix/Mac. Say, something with perl/Tk, so that it can run on all platforms? Any takers/volunteers?

Python, perl/Tk, REAL Basic, Code Warrior, lots of ways to make a program multi-platform capable. Anyone, anyone?

But to answer your question, yes it woud be a good idea to develop something that is cross-platform. Smugmug is a web-based service. The web is accessible from any number of operating systems. Its a shame the best tools only seem to work on one operating system.

samya · May 25, 2006

mercphoto wrote:

Python, perl/Tk, REAL Basic, Code Warrior, lots of ways to make a program multi-platform capable. Anyone, anyone?

Okay, I'll extend my perl/Tk script and add editing feature, and will try to make it more professional.

It will be a good idea if people with perl/Tk knowledge can chime in and help me out (I'm a novice on perl/Tk, but am better at it than any other cross-platform way). I'm going to open a sourceforge project for this, and am going to check it in.

But before that, can someone volunteer and check it out and give me the confidence that it's a step in the correct direction.

mpmcleod · May 25, 2006

samya wrote:

Okay, I'll extend my perl/Tk script and add editing feature, and will try to make it more professional.

It will be a good idea if people with perl/Tk knowledge can chime in and help me out (I'm a novice on perl/Tk, but am better at it than any other cross-platform way). I'm going to open a sourceforge project for this, and am going to check it in.

But before that, can someone volunteer and check it out and give me the confidence that it's a step in the correct direction.

I will try to take a look at it later today/ tonight.

I wrote a text only perl script to access the REST API so I can create a database of my photos and make sure I have them uploaded properly (checking file size and md5checksum). I plan to also use this data to build a local copy of my SM orginization for creating backups. I am also adding a method to export the data into Excel (I was thinking each category would have its own worksheet?)

samya · May 25, 2006

mpmcleod wrote:

I will try to take a look at it later today/ tonight.

I wrote a text only perl script to access the REST API so I can create a database of my photos and make sure I have them uploaded properly (checking file size and md5checksum). I plan to also use this data to build a local copy of my SM orginization for creating backups. I am also adding a method to export the data into Excel (I was thinking each category would have its own worksheet?)

Great. Maybe we can integrate all our individual efforts under a single UI.
If you convert it to a perl module, we can easily add a butto to do these operations on the main ui.

Do you think you can help in this effort?

mpmcleod · May 25, 2006

samya wrote:

Great. Maybe we can integrate all our individual efforts under a single UI.
If you convert it to a perl module, we can easily add a butto to do these operations on the main ui.

Do you think you can help in this effort?

Probably.

I will need to look into your code. I also will need to clean my code a bit. It was a quick hack that I threw together for myself to make sure my 30000+ pics had been uploaded correctly.

I don't work much with Tcl/Tk so I can't really help much with the GUI portion. I also don't run Perl on Windows. All I care is that the code runs on Linux.

mpmcleod · May 26, 2006

mpmcleod wrote:

Probably.

I will need to look into your code. I also will need to clean my code a bit. It was a quick hack that I threw together for myself to make sure my 30000+ pics had been uploaded correctly.

I don't work much with Tcl/Tk so I can't really help much with the GUI portion. I also don't run Perl on Windows. All I care is that the code runs on Linux.

Please rename your script. Your server is trying to execute it on its site so I can't actually download the code.

I have the module.

samya · May 26, 2006

mpmcleod wrote:

Please rename your script. Your server is trying to execute it on its site so I can't actually download the code.

I have the module.

Ouch, sorry about that.
Fixed now. Rename the txt file to pl file.
Also, download the module again. I just added image editing yesterday.
It's probably pre-pre-alpha. So, use it on some test albums.

I also found a bug showing up if you don't have EXIF info. So, until I fix it, please use it on images with EXIF info.

mpmcleod · May 26, 2006

mpmcleod wrote:

Probably.

I will need to look into your code. I also will need to clean my code a bit. It was a quick hack that I threw together for myself to make sure my 30000+ pics had been uploaded correctly.

I don't work much with Tcl/Tk so I can't really help much with the GUI portion. I also don't run Perl on Windows. All I care is that the code runs on Linux.

nice start. I will dig on the code some and get back to you with comments. This is probably a discussion we could move off the forums.

Starexplorer like tool for unix/linux

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