Comments on: PicPush 3.1.0 – New Plugin Framework

By: Kimboon

Kimboon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:26:05 +0000

It’s a great article

By: Bui Thi Xuan

Bui Thi Xuan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:59:24 +0000

nice post man

By: pete

pete — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:29:36 +0000

I’ve install the picpush ,but I can’t login into gallery2
http://palsnaija.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery

Any idea of fix?

By: declanshanaghy

declanshanaghy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:20:39 +0000

That is what the plugin framework already does, but what sort of “manipulation” did you have in mind?

By: gpo

gpo — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:01:04 +0000

How about plugin framework for 3rd party applications to listen in on PicPush upload activity and manipulate for Gallery 2 & 3?

By: RaynerApe

RaynerApe — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:54:34 +0000

@declanshanaghy Here’s what I’ve come up with:

Triggers:
* PicPush is running. (Ex: if PicPush is not running, keep 3G turned off)
* PicPush is watching folders. (Ex: if PicPush is watching folders, keep 3G turned on)
* PicPush has encountered errors. (Ex: If error, twitter “@declanshanangy Another error! Your app sucks!” >:)
* PicPush has uploaded image(s) successfully. (Ex: if PicPush uploaded successfully, twitter “I Uploaded an image at Flickr. Check it out.”)

Actions:
* Close PicPush (self-terminate) (Ex: Self-terminate if battery < 10%)
* Turn on/off Folder Watching (Ex: watch folders only if in New York)
* Force Upload of queued images. (Ex: force uploads only if at home WiFi)
* Tell PicPush to turn on/off uploading to specific service (Ex: If in New York, upload to New Yorker Flickr)

By: Ben Friedberg

Ben Friedberg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:43:41 +0000

Any thoughts on adding FTP or some other sort of generic target?

By: declanshanaghy

declanshanaghy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:55:09 +0000

The plugin framework only allows other apps to listen to events from PicPush such as “Upload completed”, “Upload failed” etc…

The upload queue does run as a service. As you take pics they are automatically added to the queue and uploaded in the background while you do other stuff. (as long as auto scanning is turned on in the prefs)

By: Ben Friedberg

Ben Friedberg — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:07:13 +0000

Fantastic system!

Will your plugin framework accept new DESTINATIONS? For instance, I would love to be able to configure my own (S)FTP server or an HTTP POST mechanism.

Does PicPush support intents from other applications so that I can have it running in the background uploading my images while I do other stuff? Maybe implementing the upload queue as a service? (Sorry if these questions were covered in documentation / previous comments…)

By: declanshanaghy

declanshanaghy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:30:26 +0000

@ apostol – They are great ideas. The email one has been on the list for a while. I especially like the locale idea. I Need to come up with a list of alert types and actions that could be supported.

By: Apostol Apostolov

Apostol Apostolov — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:56:45 +0000

This is amazing functionality.
Please implement the following as plugins:

* PicPush Mailer. I know eMail is yesterday but social network multicasters such as Ping.FM, PixelPipe, HelloTXT all offer eMail gateway for sending media to their servers and then resending to user’s accounts (PixelPipe supports 95 networks). The plugin must have Settings where you can set one or several email to be emailed at once, and user can make active/inactive emails he doesn’t want to send to but wants to keep in the list of the plugin.

* PicPush Multicaster. Ping.FM, HelloTXT and PixelPipe (to name the most popular) all have open API for sending media files directly to their servers instead via eMail, avoiding size limits (Gmail is 25mb, PixelPipe directly accepts 200mb). It’s maybe more useful than eMailer above, but would require implementation of several (although similar) APIs.

* PicPush Locale. Please create a Locale plugin that accepts triggers from PicPush and executes whatever Locale action the user sets.

Example: If PicPush sends photos to servers, Then Alert Button Flashes AND Calendar Alert is set for 18:30 “Tell Mom I uploaded new photos today.”