Bug 144256

Summary:	New tool to export to FAST Long Term Archiving (LTA)
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Holger Klemm <dvd-ram>
Component:	Plugin-Generic-WishForNewTools	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles, gparthasarathy93
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Holger Klemm 2007-04-15 16:15:52 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Please add a export function for FAST Long Term Archiving (http://www.fast-lta.de/www/en/).
LTA is a business unit of FAST TV SERVER AG and focuses exclusively on technology and solutions for long-term storing of digital data. Our patent pending hardware and software allows true long-term archiving for 30 years and more. This enables FAST to introduce a new dimension of price-efficiency and comfort, opening up new markets and applications.

http://www.fast-lta.de/www/en/
http://www.fotobank.de/

The new service starts in the middle of the yearly 2007

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2009-01-01 11:09:56 UTC

Another web service export plugin...

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 PARTHASARATHY 2012-02-19 06:28:58 UTC

Holger,

Do you know the api they use for uploading pictures?

Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2018-11-03 11:01:25 UTC

WARNING : with digiKam 6.0.0 and later, we will not support kipi interface anymore. All tools are now located in digiKam core as well for a plan to provide a more power-full integration with Batch Queue Manager and to be able to export a workflow on a web-service.

All export tools are now available everywhere : album view, Image editor, Light table, and Showfoto. Previously, only album view from digiKam core was able to deal with export tools through libkipi.

All export tools are now located here :

https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/tree/core/utilities/assistants/webservices

All export tools use now a dedicated interface to communicate with the application :

- digiKam (database) :

https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/tree/core/libs/database/utils/ifaces/dbinfoiface.h

- Showfoto (files metadata) :

https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/tree/core/utilities/assistants/common/dmetainfoiface.h

There is not direct use of digiKam database for compatibility with Showfoto.

We plan later to provide a dynamic loading of export tools using a plugins mechanism. This will reduce overloading of the internal core libraries. A dedicated devel branch have been created for that, but it's not yet complete:

https://cgit.kde.org/digikam.git/tree/?h=development/dplugins

But take a care, digiKam export tools as plugins will not be shared with another external application. API will still private and only shared between Showfoto and digiKam core. The experience with libkipi was bad and complex to maintain/extend in time.

Gilles Caulier