[Kde-imaging] Flickr uploader for digikam - authentication procedure problems?

[Thomas Sperre]

Hi
I am using digikam 0.9.2-final (KDE 3.5.8) on kubuntu 7.10, 64  bit machine. 
Kipi Library version 0.1.5.

One of the things I really liked with the newer versions of digikam is the 
possibility to batch export lots of images to Flickr. I like this because I 
have a plan of moving to 2 other countries within the next three years, and 
the last time I moved to another country my entire cargo including all my 
original stored copies and backups was sent to the wrong side of our planet. 
After spending several months at sea, only 1 of my computers worked upon 
arrival in the US, and that was only after I replaced the motherboard...

So, I learned that sending my valued photos to a web service for storage and 
also for sharing with friends, amy be well worth it.

I have now configured the flickr account and all worked well for a while, but 
when I finally got to the point were I had tagged a lot of images in and was 
ready to upload "the major batch" it appears that a problem between the 
authentication mechanisms in flickr and digikam flickr uploader has come into 
existence. i don't know why, but maybe there has been a change in the flickr 
api?

The error message says: "Error Occured: Invalid signature"
We can not proceed further.

Does anybody have a good solution/workaround for this problem? This is my 
backup solution and having seen all my pictures nearly go down the drain 
once, I have realized it is important for me to get this up and running as 
soon as possible. 

Are there currently any development on the plugin? 

(This message was previously posted on digikam-users at kde.org mailing list. I 
was advised that kde-imaging at kde.org would be the correct place to post it, 
because it deals with a kipi plugin).
--
Thomas