A way to authorize and upload pictures from a desktop application?

eugene

Hi all,

I am developing a photo application which should be connected to a web gallery, so that the users should be able to upload the images from the application to the gallery.

Is there a way to authenticate and upload the photos to zenphoto powered gallery from a C/C++ application? Any API or example code?

Thanks in advance,
Eugene.

acrylian

We don't have an API for that. But you can use FTP directly.

sbillard

There was once apon a time an implemetaton of such a feature for Windows systems. Unfortunately I could never get it to work for me. And I no longer remember what it was called.

Anyway, your application will have to issue a "POST" to the server passing the logon credentials. Take a look at the logon form for what gets posted. You will also have to provide a php script (plugin, I presume) to handle the upload since our upload handlers are pretty touchy about where they get their `POST` data from. We are concerned that unscrupulous hackers will "forge" the POST to the uploader and upload nefarious files. (Something you should keep in mind--you really want to be sure your upload handler knows it is getting its data from your client application, not some forged interlooper.)

Probably implementing an FTP protocol is a better approach.

eugene

Thanks all for replies. Am I right that I can use FTP with the user's login/pwd (those he uses to login to the gallery)?

acrylian

No, FTP is of course completely independent from Zenphoto as it is direct access to the server/webspace bypassing anything.w

The old windows tools are listed here:
http://www.zenphoto.org/news/category/windows-tools
Haven't check if they are even still downloadable.