Flickr HTML form upload
Below is a Flickr upload script i've been playing around with. You'll notice that im using <CFHTTP> to post the data. This is so that you can insert the fields into another form, otherwise if you want you can post the form fields direct to http://www.flickr.com/tools/uploader_go.gne.
For more information on the Flickr Upload Api click here.
<cfset flickrEmail = "" />
<cfset flickrPassword = "" />
<cfif NOT isDefined("form.photo")>
<form action="flickr.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table border="1">
<tr><td>photo:</td><td><input type="file" name="photo"></td></tr>
<tr><td>title:</td><td><input type="text" name="title"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>description:</td><td><input type="text" name="description"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>tags:</td><td><input type="text" name="tags"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_public:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_public"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_friend:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_friend"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_family:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_family"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="checkbox" name="async" value="1"> Async Mode</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" value="post it"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<cfelse>
<cftry>
<cfhttp url="http://www.flickr.com/tools/uploader_go.gne" method="post">
<cfhttpparam name="email" value="#flickrEmail#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="password" value="#flickrPassword" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="photo" file="#form.photo#" type="file" />
<cfhttpparam name="title" value="#form.title#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="description" value="description" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="tags" value="#form.tags#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_public" value="#form.is_public#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_friend" value="#form.is_friend#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_family" value="#is_family#" type="formfield" />
</cfhttp>
<!--- The returned XML --->
<cfdump var="#xmlParse(cfhttp.FileContent)#" />
<cfcatch>
<!--- If there was a problem --->
<cfdump var="#cfcatch#" />
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
</cfif>
<cfset flickrPassword = "" />
<cfif NOT isDefined("form.photo")>
<form action="flickr.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table border="1">
<tr><td>photo:</td><td><input type="file" name="photo"></td></tr>
<tr><td>title:</td><td><input type="text" name="title"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>description:</td><td><input type="text" name="description"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>tags:</td><td><input type="text" name="tags"> (optional)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_public:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_public"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_friend:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_friend"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td>is_family:</td><td><input type="text" name="is_family"> (optional 1 or 0)</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="checkbox" name="async" value="1"> Async Mode</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" value="post it"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<cfelse>
<cftry>
<cfhttp url="http://www.flickr.com/tools/uploader_go.gne" method="post">
<cfhttpparam name="email" value="#flickrEmail#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="password" value="#flickrPassword" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="photo" file="#form.photo#" type="file" />
<cfhttpparam name="title" value="#form.title#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="description" value="description" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="tags" value="#form.tags#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_public" value="#form.is_public#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_friend" value="#form.is_friend#" type="formfield" />
<cfhttpparam name="is_family" value="#is_family#" type="formfield" />
</cfhttp>
<!--- The returned XML --->
<cfdump var="#xmlParse(cfhttp.FileContent)#" />
<cfcatch>
<!--- If there was a problem --->
<cfdump var="#cfcatch#" />
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
</cfif>
Comments
Andy,
Have you been successful in using the new yahoo authentication and upload with ColdFusion? Looks like the only way to get a auth token is by a user opening a browser. Doesn't look like they've left anyway for an automated system to upload images without user intervention.
Have you been successful in using the new yahoo authentication and upload with ColdFusion? Looks like the only way to get a auth token is by a user opening a browser. Doesn't look like they've left anyway for an automated system to upload images without user intervention.
Hi,
i am trying to do something similar. I have a website with no scripting capabilities. I am not sure I think you are using ColdFusion. If ColdFusion is part of a proprietary thing then this is not working with my website server. So what I was looking into is if I could just post an image file through a form to the flickr site but from a form that is in my website.
Is this possible? how?
Encouragements,
cordoval@gmail.com
i am trying to do something similar. I have a website with no scripting capabilities. I am not sure I think you are using ColdFusion. If ColdFusion is part of a proprietary thing then this is not working with my website server. So what I was looking into is if I could just post an image file through a form to the flickr site but from a form that is in my website.
Is this possible? how?
Encouragements,
cordoval@gmail.com
