[Digikam-devel] How to access the database from a script

[Gilles Caulier]

Le Mardi 5 Septembre 2006 11:48, Pavol Murin a écrit :
> Hello dear Digikam developers,
>
>  I wrote a parser for Apple's XML files recently to import my iTunes
> library to Amarok. After I was finished, I had a look at my
> depressingly empty Digikam library and decided to give it a try. I
> have all my photos in a iPhoto library which I would like to import to
> Digikam. If there is something done already, I can save the unnecesary
> work. As I didn't find anything, I assume noone has done this yet.
>
>  Sorry for the long introduction, now for the real question:
>
>  I would like to "apply" the data read from the iPhoto to Digikam. How
> can I do this best? I have a list of filenames and albums, so one way
> is to create the directories from albums and copy them to the Digikam
> photos directory. While possible, that is only part of the imported
> data. To import tags and other info, I would like to access the
> Digikam database and make changes directly there.
>
>  So, is it possible to access the database directly? I would like to
> use DCOP for it - I would like to apply the data to Digikam, not to
> SQLite. In amarok, there is a DCOP function "query" where you can use
> a sql query as parameter. That makes changing the database very easy.
> Is there something simillar in Digikam?
>
>  I would like to send queries to digikam, rather than SQLite, as if
> the database engine changes, the script stop working.
>
>  Thank you for any hints,
>
>  Regards, muro

Pavol,

look like there is a file in B.K.O about to import iphoto database in 
digiKam :

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132353

Gilles