Using the API to login to password-protected gallery (question)

[andreinla]

Hi, all.

I will be writing a php script allowing my customers to log in from website diurectly into their smugmug password-protected gallery and review/download their images.

Has anybody attempted such a thing? Does such a script already exist? I searched the forum but couldn't find anything relevant.

Also, could you point me to the best place to start with the API given this kind of application?

Thank you!

-- Andre
-- UpstagePhoto.com

[devbobo]

G'day Andre,

I don't think that such a script exists, but it should be pretty easy to write.

API documentation is here (http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/1.2.0).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

David

[jeff318]

I made a VERY basic PHP script that appends the entered "customer number" (really the category name) to the base URL.

shoeboxsavior.smugmug.com (http://shoeboxsavior.smugmug.com)
Entering the customer number 12345 would send the user to http://shoeboxsavior.smugmug.com/12345 where he or she would see the list of galleries and be prompted to enter a password. It's very basic, but it seems to work fine so far.

I'd be interested to see what you develop, because it would be very useful for me too.

[andreinla]

David,

I looked at the API docs but the login with hash/password methods require a username (http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/1.2.0/smugmug.login.withPassword)/email address.

What I am looking for is login to a specific protected gallery, where there's only a password required and no need for a username.

Is there an API call for that entry point?

I'd like to let users select a photoshoot on my website and enter a password on my website and then, if the password matches, to log them in to their protected preview gallery automatically.


Thank you!




G'day Andre,

I don't think that such a script exists, but it should be pretty easy to write.

API documentation is here (http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/1.2.0).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

David

[devbobo]

David,

I looked at the API docs but the login with hash/password methods require a username (http://smugmug.jot.com/WikiHome/1.2.0/smugmug.login.withPassword)/email address.

What I am looking for is login to a specific protected gallery, where there's only a password required and no need for a username.

Is there an API call for that entry point?

I'd like to let users select a photoshoot on my website and enter a password on my website and then, if the password matches, to log them in to their protected preview gallery automatically.


Thank you!

You can trying the following...

- call smugmug.login.anonymously (to get a SessionID)
- then call smugmug.albums.getInfo (on a specific gallery, if it's password protected, you need to provide the Password=xxxx).

I hope that helps.

Cheers,

David

[nickhonner]

You can trying the following...

- call smugmug.login.anonymously (to get a SessionID)
- then call smugmug.albums.getInfo (on a specific gallery, if it's password protected, you need to provide the Password=xxxx).

I hope that helps.

Cheers,

David

This is helpful but I have a slightly different case. I have a website where I want my members to be able to link to my password-protected smugmug site (as anonymous users) without having to enter a password. Is there a way to do that with the APIs, or is there any other way to do this?