Talking about New tools to export contents to web service.

[Maik Qualmann]

I agree with all the ideas. All web services should be combined in one GUI.

Maik

Am Dienstag, 8. August 2017, 11:00:32 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm back in this room (now free of bugzilla notifications (:=))), to
> talk about the plan to create new tools in digiKam core (not as
> kipi-plugins), about to export and also import files from web service.
> 
> As i can see in bugzilla, step by step, all remote web service will
> use Oauth2 authentification method. All kipi tools will be broken in
> the future.
> 
> It's time now to prepare the future. As you must know, i want to port
> digiKam as a pure Qt5 application for the long time. This want mean :
> 
> 1/ remove the plugins interface :
> 
> - startup more fast.
> - less run time dependencies (as for ex plugins not found).
> - better portability.
> - less KF5 dependencies again (as a goal to drop KXMLGUI and KConfig
> everywhere. - Tools available everywhere : Album View, Image Editor, Light
> Table, and Showfoto.
> 
> 2/ Create new API to declare export tools with these features :
> 
> - Copy from local to remote computer.
> - List remote tree-view and select destination.
> - Be able to change file properties as size, format, metadata, etc.
> - Be authenticated automatically, without to use an external web
> browser instance.
> - Store account locally to prevent re-authentication.
> 
> 3/ Create new API to declare import tools with these features :
> 
> - Copy from remote computer to local.
> - List locale tree-view and select destination.
> - Be able to change file properties as size, format, metadata, etc.
> - Be authenticated automatically, without to use an external web
> browser instance.
> - Store account locally to prevent re-authentication.
> 
> Note: not all import and export web service has the same features.
> This must be configurable in implementations.
> 
> 4/ Create a GUI to dialog with end users. 2 possibilities :
> 
> - make a single GUI (as image editor, LT, BQM) to host tools.The web
> service selection can be done through a combobox and the rest of GUI
> will be adjusted accordingly with declared features.
> 
> - make an generic assistant which will ask task to achieve and provide
> the relevant options step by step.
> 
> There is not yet a mock-up, i'm waiting more feedback before.
> 
> Voilà. I'm waiting your constructive messages.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier


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Gruß Maik