[Kde-imaging] [Bug 291449] New: wish: to check the file size and report to the user if the file size exceeds limits set by flickr

[Martin Senftleben]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291449

           Summary: wish: to check the file size and report to the user if
                    the file size exceeds limits set by flickr
           Product: kipiplugins
           Version: 2.5.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: FlickrExport
        AssignedTo: kde-imaging at kde.org
        ReportedBy: linux at drmartinus.de


Version:           2.5.0 (using KDE 4.7.3) 
OS:                Linux

I just observed that flickrexport reports an "unknown error" when it attempts
to upload images that exceed the maximum allowed filesize. The major problem
is: it first attempts to upload the file, which takes a long time depending on
the internet connection, and then reports the unspecified error, which leaves
the user at first helpless.
I suggest to make flickrexport to check for the file size and report right away
that those images won't be accepted. Since pro users can store bigger files on
flickr, and I'm not sure if the flickr API reports back if the user is a pro
user, a second suggestion:
to have two fields for max file size and max video size. Then flickr export
checks only against those entries. A short info in the interface can explain to
the user what the current limits are, and suggest maybe the non-pro user limits
at first.
flickr has currently these limits: 15 MB per image (and, I believe, 100 or 200
images) or 2 movies (each <= 150 MB)/month for non-pro users, and for pro users
unlimited amount with 20 MB per image and videos up to 500 MB each.

It would be a question if the quantity limits for non-pro users can also be
checked, but that would be more a question to the API than to flickrexport,
even though this would be nice to have (not for me since I am a pro user, but
maybe for others who are not). I am not sure if a total of 200 images is
allowed throughout, or a total of uploads per month.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
None, this is a wish.

Actual Results:  
None, this is a wish.

Expected Results:  
No guessing what could be wrong

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