> If you want to use it you will need to install additional packages
> (assuming ubuntu):

> picasaweb:
> sudo apt-get install python-gdata

> flickr:
> sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
> easy_install flickrapi

> Those sites use different authentication mechanisms. For picasaweb you
> enter you username (gmail address) and password. These aren't stored,
> so you will have to enter them each time you login. For flickr, you
> must give phraymd write access to your account. When you click login,
> a new browser window will open where you have to confirm flickr access
> for phraymd. The flickr credentials are stored persistently in
> ~/.flickr (this is the default behavior of the flickrapi). Once you
> have logged in there is no facility for logging in again with a
> different account yet.

> After you have chosen service, you can freely drag items from the
> browser to the upload queue. The plugin will try to use the images
> tags and other descriptive info as appropriate. Select items in the
> upload queue to set metadata, album/set to upload to and other
> preferences. Click upload to start uploading and stop to stop
> uploading. If there is an error, the upload will stop, but don't
> expect to see any error messages (yet). The user interface still needs
> some polish and there are quite a few bugs/missing features.

> *I haven't thought deeply about what the potential security issues
> are. The APIs should be taking care of this, but If you are highly
> risk averse, don't use this plugin.*

> PLUGIN TODO LIST:
> * bug: right click multiple selection to remove items from queue
> doesn't work -> the selection changes to a single item before the menu
> spawns
> * ability to add new albums (not just select from the available ones)
> * album combo box entry should be album combo box (choose from
> available albums or "None" to use default for that service.)
> * make "resize to" entry a combo box or some other mechanism to allow
> user to choose from standard sizes
> * use more informative error messages (upload failures are silent)
> * interrupt uploads in progress mid-photo (google api limitation and
> just not implemented for flickr)
> * facebook and smugmug support
> * simplify and tidy the user interface
> * support gif and other non-RGB formats (note that RAW should work ok
> because it easily converts to jpeg)
> * use gnome keyring to store credentials
> * track the unique ID that web services assign to the photos (e.g.
> store in the XMP) so that user can keep track of what has been
> uploaded
> * Use the IPTC author field to fill the "credit" on picasaweb (and
> whatever is equivalent on flickr)

> On Nov 4, 3:20 am, spillz <damienlmo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > A few commits back I added the "web upload" plugin with support for
> > flickr and picasaweb.

> > If you want to use it you will need to install additional packages
> > (assuming ubuntu):

> > picasaweb:
> > sudo apt-get install python-gdata

> > flickr:
> > sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
> > easy_install flickrapi

> > Those sites use different authentication mechanisms. For picasaweb you
> > enter you username (gmail address) and password. These aren't stored,
> > so you will have to enter them each time you login. For flickr, you
> > must give phraymd write access to your account. When you click login,
> > a new browser window will open where you have to confirm flickr access
> > for phraymd. The flickr credentials are stored persistently in
> > ~/.flickr (this is the default behavior of the flickrapi). Once you
> > have logged in there is no facility for logging in again with a
> > different account yet.

> > After you have chosen service, you can freely drag items from the
> > browser to the upload queue. The plugin will try to use the images
> > tags and other descriptive info as appropriate. Select items in the
> > upload queue to set metadata, album/set to upload to and other
> > preferences. Click upload to start uploading and stop to stop
> > uploading. If there is an error, the upload will stop, but don't
> > expect to see any error messages (yet). The user interface still needs
> > some polish and there are quite a few bugs/missing features.

> > *I haven't thought deeply about what the potential security issues
> > are. The APIs should be taking care of this, but If you are highly
> > risk averse, don't use this plugin.*

> > PLUGIN TODO LIST:
> > * bug: right click multiple selection to remove items from queue
> > doesn't work -> the selection changes to a single item before the menu
> > spawns
> > * ability to add new albums (not just select from the available ones)
> > * album combo box entry should be album combo box (choose from
> > available albums or "None" to use default for that service.)
> > * make "resize to" entry a combo box or some other mechanism to allow
> > user to choose from standard sizes
> > * use more informative error messages (upload failures are silent)
> > * interrupt uploads in progress mid-photo (google api limitation and
> > just not implemented for flickr)
> > * facebook and smugmug support
> > * simplify and tidy the user interface
> > * support gif and other non-RGB formats (note that RAW should work ok
> > because it easily converts to jpeg)
> > * use gnome keyring to store credentials
> > * track the unique ID that web services assign to the photos (e.g.
> > store in the XMP) so that user can keep track of what has been
> > uploaded
> > * Use the IPTC author field to fill the "credit" on picasaweb (and
> > whatever is equivalent on flickr)