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Filepicker.io now supports Instagram, Flickr and Video Recording

82 points by brettcvz 14y ago

andrewmunn 14y ago
Are you working on Skydrive support?
brettcvz 14y ago
We're cranking out even more, let us know what you want to see next
- tagx 14y ago
  I'm really digging the Gmail feature. What about allowing me to pull from my own ftp server?
- chaselee 14y ago
  Webhooks for when people perform certain file-related actions, like click their filepicker link.
- lancefisher 14y ago
  I'd like a webhook that sends meta data about uploaded photos such as Facebook Ids, people tagged, etc.
smoody 14y ago
first of all, awesome. question: is video recording supported when using the iOS SDK? if yes, great. if no, any timeframe for supporting? thanks, scott
- liyanchang 14y ago
  Hi Scott, iOS video recording is ready and soon to be shipped. Send me an email for early access: liyan@filepicker.io
true_religion 14y ago
I really wish you guys would support a bookmarklet to let you pick pictures on a web page the same way say Pinterest does it.
- tagx 14y ago
  Interesting suggestion. Could you give me an example use case?
  - true_religion 14y ago
    Well if you have an app or website that enables photosharing, you'd want to capture content from offsite and deliver it into your gallery. Importing stuff from the big sites--Flickr, et al is great, but say someone has everything sitting on their personal webpage or scattered on site around the internet? Instead of making them save, then re-upload a bookmarklet is great.
  - dhyasama 14y ago
    I'm working on an app that incorporates outgoing social media messages. If there is a link in the message I hit it on the backend and send a json list of image urls to the user. The user can then flip through them and decide which image to add to their message.
sergiotapia 14y ago
The twitter bootstrap default styles need to go or at least be tweaked into something more personalized. As it stands it makes the site look very backwater, regardless of features.
- quadrant6 14y ago
  Agreed.
- aristidb 14y ago
  I don't think normal people would even notice this. Doesn't mean personalization isn't something that should be done, just thinking you might be overblowing the problem.
  - ericmsimons 14y ago
    I disagree - their target audience is developers, not "normal people". Because bootstrap's default styles have been beaten to death by startup-in-a-weekend type apps, I subconsciously don't trust their service because it seems like it might not be here in a month or two.
    - jrej5j 14y ago
      What makes you say that?
      - ericmsimons 14y ago
        Say what? That they won't be here in a month or two? I think they definitely will be around, they seem to be ripping up HN lately. All I'm saying is that using bootstrap's default styles tarnishes the brand they are trying to build (which is especially important because their target audience, developers, are very familiar with default bootstrap).
- ananddass 14y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. We are working on it and you will see a more personalized theme on the website in the next 3 weeks.
lionheart 14y ago
That's awesome. Especially the video recording is perfect for what I'm doing. As soon as you guys make it so that I can get the video URL as soon as the upload starts I can integrate you in.
ralphleon 14y ago
So exciting! We were able to remove about 400 lines of shit S3 code and an ugly flash widget when moving to filepicker.io. Great to see them adding so many services.
lancefisher 14y ago
Great job, guys! I've been waiting for the flickr integration!
noinput 14y ago
Nice addition. Question for the community, what are the thoughts on this approach of iframing the full content (ie filepicker.io's complete app) inside a lightbox vs fully built in JS? I have a project that I'm about to venture in which will need a similar setup and curious on thoughts.
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- yabbadabbadoo 14y ago
  https://www.filepicker.io/pricing/ https://www.filepicker.io/pricing/
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christopherslee 14y ago
i don't get it at all. what's the value here?
gobengo 14y ago
Sweet! I can't wait for more video and general file source options. Keep it up!
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82 points by brettcvz 14y ago

andrewmunn 14y ago

Are you working on Skydrive support?

brettcvz 14y ago

We're cranking out even more, let us know what you want to see next

tagx 14y ago
I'm really digging the Gmail feature. What about allowing me to pull from my own ftp server?
chaselee 14y ago
Webhooks for when people perform certain file-related actions, like click their filepicker link.
lancefisher 14y ago
I'd like a webhook that sends meta data about uploaded photos such as Facebook Ids, people tagged, etc.

smoody 14y ago

first of all, awesome. question: is video recording supported when using the iOS SDK? if yes, great. if no, any timeframe for supporting? thanks, scott

liyanchang 14y ago
Hi Scott, iOS video recording is ready and soon to be shipped. Send me an email for early access: liyan@filepicker.io

true_religion 14y ago

I really wish you guys would support a bookmarklet to let you pick pictures on a web page the same way say Pinterest does it.

tagx 14y ago
Interesting suggestion. Could you give me an example use case?
- true_religion 14y ago
  Well if you have an app or website that enables photosharing, you'd want to capture content from offsite and deliver it into your gallery. Importing stuff from the big sites--Flickr, et al is great, but say someone has everything sitting on their personal webpage or scattered on site around the internet? Instead of making them save, then re-upload a bookmarklet is great.
- dhyasama 14y ago
  I'm working on an app that incorporates outgoing social media messages. If there is a link in the message I hit it on the backend and send a json list of image urls to the user. The user can then flip through them and decide which image to add to their message.

sergiotapia 14y ago

The twitter bootstrap default styles need to go or at least be tweaked into something more personalized. As it stands it makes the site look very backwater, regardless of features.

quadrant6 14y ago
Agreed.
aristidb 14y ago
I don't think normal people would even notice this. Doesn't mean personalization isn't something that should be done, just thinking you might be overblowing the problem.
- ericmsimons 14y ago
  I disagree - their target audience is developers, not "normal people". Because bootstrap's default styles have been beaten to death by startup-in-a-weekend type apps, I subconsciously don't trust their service because it seems like it might not be here in a month or two.
  - jrej5j 14y ago
    What makes you say that?
    - ericmsimons 14y ago
      Say what? That they won't be here in a month or two? I think they definitely will be around, they seem to be ripping up HN lately. All I'm saying is that using bootstrap's default styles tarnishes the brand they are trying to build (which is especially important because their target audience, developers, are very familiar with default bootstrap).
ananddass 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. We are working on it and you will see a more personalized theme on the website in the next 3 weeks.

lionheart 14y ago

That's awesome. Especially the video recording is perfect for what I'm doing. As soon as you guys make it so that I can get the video URL as soon as the upload starts I can integrate you in.

ralphleon 14y ago

So exciting! We were able to remove about 400 lines of shit S3 code and an ugly flash widget when moving to filepicker.io. Great to see them adding so many services.

lancefisher 14y ago

Great job, guys! I've been waiting for the flickr integration!

noinput 14y ago

Nice addition. Question for the community, what are the thoughts on this approach of iframing the full content (ie filepicker.io's complete app) inside a lightbox vs fully built in JS? I have a project that I'm about to venture in which will need a similar setup and curious on thoughts.

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yabbadabbadoo 14y ago
https://www.filepicker.io/pricing/ https://www.filepicker.io/pricing/
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christopherslee 14y ago

i don't get it at all. what's the value here?

gobengo 14y ago

Sweet! I can't wait for more video and general file source options. Keep it up!

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