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I would love to do it, but unfortunately most APIs forbid imports and only allow you to store pictures for caching purposes (Flickr [1], Google Photos [2]) and
by renchap 8y ago
I would love to do it, but unfortunately most APIs forbid imports and only allow you to store pictures for caching purposes (Flickr [1], Google Photos [2]) and have restrictions / heavy fees for commercial usage.
Dropbox import is planned, I havent looked at SmugMug API's terms yet but will add it to the todolist.
[1] https://www.flickr.com/help/terms/api https://www.flickr.com/help/terms/api
[2] https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/acceptable-use#bulk-serverside https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/acceptab...
- solarkraft 8y agoInteresting. This is a grave argument against using those services. Thanks.
- jlarocco 8y agoIs that if the service does it, or if the users do it? When I moved my photos from Flickr to SmugMug a few years back they (SmugMug) had a browser plugin that moved everything over. I thought it was odd, but figured it was to get around some kind of rule like that.
- renchap 8y agoYes this could work, and even if the API terms do not allow it (ie Google Photos API do not allow you to download the pictures for storage) you can use the Data Export feature that most websites have and use this export to upload back your data elsewhere.